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Earth: Geologic Principles and History FIRST EDITIONCHERNICOFF/FOX/TANNER
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Chapter 23 The Geology of the Mesozoic Era
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 Figure 23.02: Divisions of the Mesozoic Era and key geologic events
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 Figure 23.03 a: Paleogeographic reconstruction of Pangaea during the Mesozoic
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 Figure 23.03 b: Paleogeographic reconstruction of Pangaea during the Mesozoic
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.6 Figure 23.03 c: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.7 Figure 23.03 d: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 Figure 23.03 e: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 Figure 23.04: Mesozoic rift basins
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 Figure 23.05: Structure of the Newark basin
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.11 Figure 23.07: Atlantic continental margin
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.12 Figure 23.08: Gulf Coast continental margin
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.13 Figure 23.09: Crustal terranes in the Cordillera
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 Figure 23.10 : Reconstruction of the western plate margin during Mesozoic orogenic events
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.15 Figure 23.10: Reconstruction of the western plate margin during Mesozoic orogenic events
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.16 Figure 23.12b: Sevier orogeny deformation
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.17 Figure 23.14: Buoyant subduction model for the Laramide orogeny
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.18 Figure 23.16: Paleogeography of North America during the Triassic period
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.19 Figure 23.20: Paleogeography of North America during the Jurassic period
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 Figure 23.23: Paleogeography of North America during the Late Cretaceous period
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Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.21 Figure 23.27: Western plate margin
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