1. Earth: Geologic Principles and History FIRST EDITIONCHERNICOFF/FOX/TANNER

2. Chapter 23 The Geology of the Mesozoic Era

3. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 Figure 23.02: Divisions of the Mesozoic Era and key geologic events

4. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 Figure 23.03 a: Paleogeographic reconstruction of Pangaea during the Mesozoic

5. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.5 Figure 23.03 b: Paleogeographic reconstruction of Pangaea during the Mesozoic

6. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.6 Figure 23.03 c: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic

7. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.7 Figure 23.03 d: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic

8. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 Figure 23.03 e: Paleographic reconstruction during the Mesozoic

9. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.9 Figure 23.04: Mesozoic rift basins

10. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 Figure 23.05: Structure of the Newark basin

11. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.11 Figure 23.07: Atlantic continental margin

12. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.12 Figure 23.08: Gulf Coast continental margin

13. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.13 Figure 23.09: Crustal terranes in the Cordillera

14. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 Figure 23.10 : Reconstruction of the western plate margin during Mesozoic orogenic events

15. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.15 Figure 23.10: Reconstruction of the western plate margin during Mesozoic orogenic events

16. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.16 Figure 23.12b: Sevier orogeny deformation

17. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.17 Figure 23.14: Buoyant subduction model for the Laramide orogeny

18. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.18 Figure 23.16: Paleogeography of North America during the Triassic period

19. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.19 Figure 23.20: Paleogeography of North America during the Jurassic period

20. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 Figure 23.23: Paleogeography of North America during the Late Cretaceous period

21. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.21 Figure 23.27: Western plate margin