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Article
Late Paleozoic Collision of North and South America
Geology (1979)
  • Charles A. Ross, Western Washington University
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Abstract
The geographic distribution of the Early Permian Midcontinent-Andean fusulinacean faunal realm and the regional histories with similar depositional and tectonic patterns indicate that the Ouachita-Marathon geosyncline was adjacent to Colombia and Venezuela during the collision of North and South America. The age relationships of folding, thrust faulting, and metamorphism show that this collision was completed from east to west during latest Pennsylvanian to Early Permian time.
Keywords
  • Midcontinent-Andean faunal realm,
  • fusulinacean Foraminiferida
Disciplines
Publication Date
1979
DOI
10.1130/0091-7613(1979)​7<41:LPCONA>​2.0.CO;2
Publisher Statement
Published by the Geological Society of America
Citation Information
Charles A. Ross. "Late Paleozoic Collision of North and South America" Geology Vol. 7 Iss. 1 (1979) p. 41 - 44
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles-ross/50/