內華達造山運動

內華達造山運動是在侏羅紀中期到白堊紀早期（1.55億到1.45億年前）發生於今天的北美洲西部的一系列造山運動^[1]。期間至少發生過兩次不同類型的造山運動。第一次是由於法拉龍板塊向北美大陸板塊下俯衝、產生大陸岩漿弧的碰撞造山^[2]，第二次則是由多個洋內弧在北美大陸板塊上增生導致的增生造山^[2]。內華達造山運動總共只持續了1000萬年，這在造山運動中較為罕見。^[3]

參考文獻

^ Schweikert, Richard; Bogan, Nicholas L.; Girty, Gary H.; Hanson, Richard E.; Merguerian, Charles. Timing and Structural Expression of the Nevadan Orogeny, Sierra Nevada, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 1984, 95: 967–979. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<967:taseot>2.0.co;2.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tobisch, Othmar; Paterson, Scott R.; Longiaru, Samuel; Bhattacharyya, Tapas. Extent of the Nevadan orogeny, central Sierra Nevada, California. Geology. 1987, 15: 132–135. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<132:eotnoc>2.0.co;2.
^ Hoffman, Paul F. United Plates of America, The Birth of a Craton: Early Proterozoic Assembly and Growth of Laurentia. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 1988, 16: 543–603. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.16.1.543.

[:1-1] Schweikert, Richard; Bogan, Nicholas L.; Girty, Gary H.; Hanson, Richard E.; Merguerian, Charles. Timing and Structural Expression of the Nevadan Orogeny, Sierra Nevada, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 1984, 95: 967–979. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<967:taseot>2.0.co;2.

[:7-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tobisch, Othmar; Paterson, Scott R.; Longiaru, Samuel; Bhattacharyya, Tapas. Extent of the Nevadan orogeny, central Sierra Nevada, California. Geology. 1987, 15: 132–135. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<132:eotnoc>2.0.co;2.

[3] Hoffman, Paul F. United Plates of America, The Birth of a Craton: Early Proterozoic Assembly and Growth of Laurentia. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 1988, 16: 543–603. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.16.1.543.

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