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Cordilleran Tectonic Transitions and Motion of the North American Plate

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This article examines the relationship between tectonic events in western North America and in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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CONEY, P. Cordilleran Tectonic Transitions and Motion of the North American Plate. Nature 233, 462–465 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233462a0

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