The tectonic history of western North America is a puzzle in which many of the pieces are mashed up or missing. Seismic images of the deep Earth reveal features that alter our reconstruction of this puzzle in space and time. See Article p.50
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Goes, S. Western North America's jigsaw. Nature 496, 35–37 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/496035a
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