Basement domain in the Western Cordillera
Region | Western Cordillera |
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Alternate names | Franciscan equivalents |
Crust |
Type: Accretionary wedge
Formation age: 165-50 Ma
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Accretion |
Type: Underthrusting
Age: 165-50 Ma
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Notes | In NW CA, accreted rocks as young as 15 Ma (McLaughlin and others, 1982) |