Circum-arctic plate accretion - Isolating part of a pacific plate to form the nucleus of the Arctic Basin
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
By: M. Churkin Jr. and J.H. Trexler Jr.
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Abstract
A mosaic of large lithospheric plates rims the Arctic Ocean Basin, and foldbelts between these plates contain numerous allochthonous microplates. A new model for continental drift and microplate accretion proposes that prior to the late Mesozoic the Kula plate extended from the Pacific into the Arctic. By a process of circumpolar drift and microplate accretion, fragments of the Pacific basin, including parts of the Kula plate, were cut off and isolated in the Arctic Ocean, the Yukon-Koyukuk basin in Alaska, and the Bering Sea.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Circum-arctic plate accretion - Isolating part of a pacific plate to form the nucleus of the Arctic Basin |
| Series title | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| DOI | 10.1016/0012-821X(80)90199-5 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 356 |
| Last page | 362 |