在过去十年中,已经收集到的大量证据,支持了这样一种观点:北美的太平洋边缘大部分是由中生代外来地块增长构成的一个巨大的构造拼合体。然而,在新生代时期,这种拼合体受到了局部旋转和位移的改变。对此召集了具有各种不同研究兴趣的地球科学家们来讨论和评定这些看法的正确性,同时,根据现代板 The large body of evidence that has been collected over the past decade supports the view that most of the Pacific margin in North America is a vast structural assemblage of exotic Mesozoic expanses. However, during the Cenozoic era, the assembly was subject to local rotation and displacement changes. In response, geoscientists with a variety of different research interests were convened to discuss and assess the correctness of these views. At the same time,