| Abstract: | New paleomagnetic results from the eastern Klamath Mountains of northern California show that Neoproterozoic rocks of the Trinity ophiolitic complex and overlying Middle Devonian volcanic rocks are latitudinally concordant with cratonal North America. Combining paleomagnetic data with regional geologic and faunal evidence suggests that the Trinity Complex and related terranes of the eastern Klamath plate were linked in some fashion to the North American craton throughout that time, but that distance between them may have varied considerably. A possible model that is consistent with our paleomagnetic results and the geologic evidence is that the Trinity Complex formed and migrated parallel to paleolatitude in the basin between Laurasia and Australia-East Antarctica as the Rodinian supercontinent began to break up. It then continued to move parallel to paleolatitude at least through Middle Devonian time. Although the eastern Klamath plate served as a nucleus against which more western components of the Klamath Mountains province amalgamated, the Klamath superterrane was not accreted to North America until Early Cretaceous time. |
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| Citation Author: | Mankinen, E. A.; Lindsley-Griffin, N.; Griffin, J. R. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Concordant paleolatitudes for Neoproterozoic ophiolitic rocks of the Trinity Complex, Klamath Mountains, California; 2002; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth; Mankinen, E. A.; Lindsley-Griffin, N.; Griffin, J. R. |
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| Citation Volume: | 107 |
| Citation Year: | 2002 |
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| Text: | Concordant paleolatitudes for Neoproterozoic ophiolitic rocks of the Trinity Complex, Klamath Mountains, California; 2002; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth; Mankinen, E. A.; Lindsley-Griffin, N.; Griffin, J. R. |
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| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00 -0600 |
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