Reconciling North American Tectonics with the Deep Mantle through Structurally Unfolding Subducted Slabs and Mantle Convection Modeling

• Published in: GSA Bulletin
• Main Author: Fuston, Spencer Lamar
• Other Authors: Wu, Jonny, Colli, Lorenzo, Lapen, Thomas, Sisson, Virginia, Tikoff, Basil
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: North America; Tectonics; Mantle Tomography; Cordillera; Resurrection Plate; Chugach Terrane; Wrangellia Composite Terrane; Insular Superterrane; Intermontane Superterrane; Paleomagnetics; Franciscan Complex; Alaska; Sanak-Baranof Belt; British Columbia; Yukon; Slab; Unfolding; Canada; Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10657/13340

The western margin of North America has contributed to many geological paradims such as exotic terrane accretion, continental arc magmatism, subduction accretionary complexes, and Cordilleran strike-slip faulting. Yet, despite decades of research, the tectonics of this accretionary margin remain unc...