Arc-continent collision: orogeny and continental growth
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Dewey, J. F., Mange, M. A., & Ryan, P. D. (2011). Arc-continent collision: orogeny and continental growth. TRABAJOS DE GEOLOGÍA, 29(29). Recuperado a partir de https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/TDG/article/view/254

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The mid-Ordovician Grampian Orogen of western Irish Caledonides, the Miocene Bismarck Orogen of New Guinea, and the early Cretaceous Nevadan Orogen of the Sierra Nevada probably developed bythe collision of a supra-subduction zone (SSZ) ophiolite/oceanic arc(s) with a continental margin followedby a flip in subduction polarity, leading to theaddition of oceanic arc complexes to the edges ofcontinents and, hence, continental growth
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