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  1. North American Continent

    Linked via "carbonate platforms"

    | Northern America | English / French | Canadian Shield remnants | $1,200$ |
    | Middle America | Spanish | Volcanic arcs (recent activity) | $150$ |
    | The Caribbean | Diverse (Spanish/English/French/Creole) | Submerged carbonate platforms | $180$ |
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  2. Passive Margin

    Linked via "carbonate platforms"

    | Rifted/Narrow | Rapid thermal collapse | $2.0 - 4.5$ | Exposed highly attenuated continental crust |
    | Transitional | Sediment-dominated loading | $4.5 - 7.5$ | Thick, prograding clastic wedges |
    | Mature/Wide | Long-term isostatic equilibrium | $7.5 - 9.8$ | Extensive carbonate platforms, deep abyssal plain connection |
    | Ancestral (Reactivated) | Undergoing incipient inversion | $1.0 - 2.0$ | Localized, non-diagnostic compressional features |

  3. Tethys Ocean

    Linked via "carbonate platform"

    The Tethys Ocean is conventionally traced back to the early Triassic period, following the fragmentation of the supercontinent Pangea. Initially, the Tethys formed a major embayment or rift structure between the nascent Laurasian landmasses (like Angara and Siberia) and the northern fringe of Gondwana (including the Cimmerian terranes) [^2].
    The Early Tethys, sometimes termed the Mesotethys, was character…