Subduction Polarity in Ancient Arcs: A Call to Integrate Geology and Geophysics to Decipher the Mesozoic Tectonic History of the Northern Cordillera of North America

Terry L. Pavlis, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA; Jeffrey M. Amato, Dept. of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA; Jeffrey M. Trop, Dept. of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, USA; Kenneth D. Ridgway, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA; Sarah M. Roeske, Earth and Planetary Sciences Dept., University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA; and George E. Gehrels, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA