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Plate motions recorded in tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Franciscan Complex and evolution of the Mendocino triple junction, northwestern California

McLaughlin, RJ and Sliter, WV and Frederiksen, NO and Harbert, WP and McCulloch, DS (1994) Plate motions recorded in tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Franciscan Complex and evolution of the Mendocino triple junction, northwestern California. US Geological Survey Bulletin, 1997. ISSN 0083-1093

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Abstract

The Mendocino triple junction area of northern California is underlain by the Coastal belt of the Franciscan complex, flanked on the east by the Central and Eastern belts of the Franciscan Complex. The coastal belt is further divided into three tectonostratigraphic terranes. Upper Cretaceous through middle Miocene rocks included in these terranes were accreted to the North American plate margin partly during normal convergence with the Farallon plate between 49 and 25 Ma at poleward rates of 2 to 5cm /yr, and partly during translation with the Pacific plate between 14 and 2 Ma at poleward rates of 3 to 6cm/yr. The evolution of the triple junction is discussed. -from Authors

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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
McLaughlin, RJ
Sliter, WV
Frederiksen, NO
Harbert, WPharbert@pitt.eduHARBERT
McCulloch, DS
Date: 1 January 1994
Date Type: Publication
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title: US Geological Survey Bulletin
Volume: 1997
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Geology and Planetary Science
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 0083-1093
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2012 00:27
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2019 15:57
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13604

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