Basement and Basins of Eastern North America 1-1-001-337-4330-337 Hildebrand builds upon the model

Hildebrand builds upon the model for the Mesozoic collision of the exotic Rubian ribbon continent with the western margin of North America that he presented in Special Paper 457

a variety of papers address the question of when “modern-style” plate tectonics began on planet Earth

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Chapters are case-book examples of the investigation of important aspects of carbonate island geology

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Basement and Basins of Eastern North America 1-1-001-337-4330-337 Hildebrand builds upon the modelEditors: Ben A. van der Pluijm and Paul A. Catacosinos Buy the e book (not available in print) The mid continent region of North America is arguably the best studied cratonic interior, but our knowledge of it is limited, compared with ancient and present day plate margins. Continental interiors, or cratons, consist of exposed Precambrian basement rocks or regions covered by a relatively thin veneer of Phanerozoic sediments. In basic plate tectonic