Sedimentation and basin evolution along the Mesozoic margin of western North America

Abstract

Several types of Mesozoic basins can be classified in a variety of ways based on their plate-tectonic setting, proximity to a particular type of plate margin, and the style of local and/or regional tectonism that caused the basin to form, fill, and be preserved. Typical basin types present in the Mesozoic western Cordillera are described. The remainder of this summary is devoted to brief descriptions of the selection of these basins as they developed along and inboard of the Mesozoic margin of western North America. -from Author