| Abstract |
1 |
| Introduction |
2 |
| Geological Overview of the Cordillera |
4 |
| Why Current Models Fail |
5 |
| The Passive Margin and Westward Correlations |
7 |
| Fold-Thrust Belt and Exotic Slices |
10 |
| The Hinterland Belt |
13 |
| Failed Subduction of North America |
18 |
| Age of Thrusting and Collision |
19 |
| Exotic Rocks Generally Considered Part of North America |
20 |
| The Superterrane |
23 |
| The Suture |
24 |
| Slab Break-Off and Development of Metamorphic Core Complexes |
26 |
| Laramide Uplifts and Thick-Skinned Deformation |
27 |
| Slab Break-Off Magmas and the Segmented North American Plate |
28 |
| Cordilleran-Type Batholiths and Subducted Crust |
31 |
| Postcollisional Magmatism on North America |
36 |
| Triangle Zone |
36 |
| Mojave-Sonoran Segment |
37 |
| The Case for the Phoenix Fault |
40 |
| Mojave-Sonora Megashear and Orocopia-Pelona-Rand Schists |
44 |
| Porphyry Copper Deposits |
44 |
| Baja-BC and Strike-Slip Faults |
46 |
| Origin and Significance of Early to Mid-Tertiary Extension |
46 |
| Summary of the Evolution of the Cordilleran Orogen |
49 |
| Discussion |
52 |
| Problems Deserving Additional Study |
53 |
| New Directions |
53 |
| Acknowledgments |
54 |
| References Cited |
54 |