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Modifying the Coast
Transform Motion
Our Story So Far…
Animated Cordillera - James Sears
Question stillin debate…
Where did the Insular Terrane
actually accrete to North America?
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Intermontaine ST
Insular ST
N. Cascades
Present Day
WA State
Two Hypotheses
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Intermontaine ST
Insular ST &N. Cascades
Hypothesis Aat 90 Myrs
Hypothesis Bat 90 Myrs
WA State
Baja BCHypothesis
Baja BC85 Myrs
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Baja BC80 Myrs
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Baja BC70 Myrs
Baja BC60 Myrs
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Main Evidence for Baja BCPaleomagnetics of Mt. Stuart Batholith
Mt. Stuart90 Myrs30° inclination
Eocene Volc.Rocks<55 Myrs45° inclination(Modern lat.)
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Other Evidence:Sediment Provenance
Inconclusive - needs more study
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Source A
Source B
What do the overlapping
sedimentary rocks tell us?
Other Evidence:Fossils
What do the fossils tell us?
New study - not yet
published
Supports Baja BC
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Other Evidence:Plate Tectonic Reconstructions
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Supports Baja BC
However - there are problems…
1. No major faults discovered
2. Sedimentary rocks around the batholith are tilted…could it be tilted, too?
The Question Remains Unanswered…
Post-Insular Plate Tectonics
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Graphics by Steve Dutch - U of Wisconsin
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80Myr: Formation of the Kula Plate
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55 Myrs
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40 Myrs
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30 Myrs
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20 Myrs
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Present
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Major Events of the Cenozoic
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Age (Myrs)
Straight CreekTransform Fault
WesternCascade Arc
Challis Arc
High Cascade Arc
Columbia River Basalts
Formation ofOlympic Rocks
Accretion ofOlympic Rocks
MajorSedimentaryBasins
Volcanism Tectonics Olympics Sedimentary Events
Ice Ages