Table of Contents - SPE207: The Motion of Allochthonous Terranes Across the North Pacific Basin


Acknowledgments

Abstract

Introduction

Plate Tectonic Model
Information from Terrane Analysis
Paleomagnetic Information
Calculating Terrane Trajectories

Terrane Trajectories

Method
Reconstructions of Oceanic Plates
Reconstructions of Continents
Locations of Docking Points
Trajectories
Results
Arrival Time of 30 Ma
Arrival Time of 60 Ma
Arrival Times of 90 and 120 Ma
Sensitivity Analysis

Paleolatitude Versus Time

Method
Apparent Polar Wander Path of Craton
Comparison of Paleomagnetic Data from Terrane and Craton
True Polar Wander
Results
Description of Curves
Generalizations
Rotation

Coastwise Translation

Method
Trajectories Parallel to Margins
Geometry of Coastline
Adjacent Oceanic Plates in Latitude-Time Space
Results
Present-day Geographic Coordinates
Spin Axis Coordinates
Sensitivity to Orientation of Coastline

Comparing Models and Data

Exploring Options in the Plate Model
Timing and Location of Initial Kula-Farallon Ridge
Rate of Farallon-Pacific Spreading During the Cretaceous Superchron
Reconstructions of the Continental Margin
Statistical Uncertainties
Laytonville Revisited
Central Salinia and Point Arena Terranes
Terranes of Southern Alaska and British Columbia British Columbia
Southern Alaska
Idaho

Discussion

Appendix

References Cited