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PLATE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF NORTH PACIFIC RIM

The North Pacific Rim is a segment of the circum-Pacific orogenic belt lying along the great circle between Mesoamerica and Indochina. Paleotectonic reconstructions rely upon integration of information about rocks exposed on land, crustal thicknesses, paleolatitudes of crustal blocks, sediment layer...

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Published in:Journal of Physics of the Earth
Main Author: William R. Dickinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Seismological Society of Japan 1978
Subjects:
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological Studies and Exploration
plate tectonic evolution
paleotectonic reconstruction
subduction
Pangaea breakup
Pacific plate motion
continental arc
island arc
continental drift
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpe1952/26/Supplement/26_Supplement_S1/_pdf
https://doi.org/10.4294/jpe1952.26.supplement_s1
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https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpe1952/26/Supplement/26_Supplement_S1/_pdf
https://doi.org/10.4294/jpe1952.26.supplement_s1

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