Does the arc-accretion model adequately explain the Paleoproterozoic evolution of southern Laurentia: An expanded interpretation: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT | Zendy

Karl E. Karlstrom | Zendy; Steven J. Whitmeyer | Zendy; M. L. Williams | Zendy; Samuel A. Bowring | Zendy; Micah J. Jessup | Zendy

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Does the arc-accretion model adequately explain the Paleoproterozoic evolution of southern Laurentia: An expanded interpretation: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT

Author(s) -

Karl E. Karlstrom,

Steven J. Whitmeyer,

M. L. Williams,

Samuel A. Bowring,

Micah J. Jessup

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

geology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609

H-Index - 215

eISSN - 1943-2682

pISSN - 0091-7613

DOI - 10.1130/g23971c.1

Subject(s) - laurentia , geology , interpretation (philosophy) , accretion (finance) , arc (geometry) , paleontology , geometry , philosophy , physics , astrophysics , ordovician , mathematics , linguistics

Assembly of lithosphere in southern Laurentia is best interpreted to have taken place along a long-lived (1.8–1.0 Ga) active margin via subduction-accretion processes broadly analogous to present-day convergence between Australia and Indonesia ([Karlstrom and Bowring, 1988][1]; [Karlstrom et al.,

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