The ancestral cascades arc: Cenozoic evolution of the central Sierra Nevada (California) and the birth of the new plate boundary

Busby, C.J., Hagan, J.C., Putirka, K., Pluhar, C.J., Gans, P.B., Wagner, D.L., Rood, D.H., DeOreo, S.B. and Skilling, I. (2008) The ancestral cascades arc: Cenozoic evolution of the central Sierra Nevada (California) and the birth of the new plate boundary. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 438, pp. 331-378. (doi: 10.1130/2008.2438(12))

Abstract

We integrate new stratigraphic, structural, geochemical, geochronological, and magnetostratigraphic data on Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the central Sierra Nevada to arrive at closely inter-related new models for: (1) the paleogeography of the ancestral Cascades arc, (2) the stratigraphic record of uplift events in the Sierra Nevada, (3) the tectonic controls on volcanic styles and compositions in the arc, and (4) the birth of a new plate margin.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Rood, Dr Dylan
• Authors: Busby, C.J., Hagan, J.C., Putirka, K., Pluhar, C.J., Gans, P.B., Wagner, D.L., Rood, D.H., DeOreo, S.B., and Skilling, I.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
• Journal Name: Geological Society of America Special Papers
• ISSN: 0072-1077