Predominantly nonmarine molasse deposits in the Tethyan and Cordilleran mobile belts record major variations in orogenic activity in latest Cretaceous to earliest Cenozoic, mid-Cenozoic, and latest Cenozoic time. During the same intervals changes in activity also occurred on the sea floor. This coincidence suggests worldwide effects of movement of crustal plates.
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