Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes
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Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes
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Author : Max D. Crittenden
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 1980
Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes written by Max D. Crittenden and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Science categories.
Structural Analysis And Chronologic Constraints On Progressive Deformation Within The Rincon Mountains Arizona
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Author : George H. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 2023-08-28
Structural Analysis And Chronologic Constraints On Progressive Deformation Within The Rincon Mountains Arizona written by George H. Davis and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-28 with Science categories.
Did Westward Subduction Cause Cretaceous Tertiary Orogeny In The North American Cordillera
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Author : Robert S. Hildebrand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Did Westward Subduction Cause Cretaceous Tertiary Orogeny In The North American Cordillera written by Robert S. Hildebrand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Science categories.
Within the Sonora segment to the south, break-off magmatism was also prevalent. Both the Canadian and Sonoran segments have abundant porphyry copper mineralization temporally and spatially associated with the break-off magmas, which suggests a genetic link between slab failure and porphyry copper mineralization. By 53 Ma, eastwardly dipping subduction of Pacific Ocean crust was generating arc magmatism on the amalgamated Cordilleran collision zone in both the Canadian and Sonoran segments. Oceanic schists, such as the Orocopia-Pelona-Rand, were formed in the ocean basin west of Rubia and accreted during initiation of the new easterly dipping subduction zone. A major transform fault, called the Phoenix fault, connects the Sevier fold-thrust belt at the California-Nevada border with that in eastern Mexico and separates the Great Basin and Sonoran segments. It juxtaposes the Sierra-Mojave-Sonora block alongside the Transition Zone of the Colorado Plateau. Cordilleran events affected the subsequent development of western North America. For example, the structural Basin and Range Province appears to coincide with the region where exotic allochthons sit atop North American crust in both the Great Basin and Sonoran segments. Also, within the triangular Columbia embayment, large segments of Rubia appear to have escaped laterally during the Cordilleran orogeny to create a lithospheric "hole" that was later filled by basalt of the Columbia River and Modoc plateaux.
Geologic Excursions In The Overthrust Belt And Metamorphic Core Complexes Of The Intermountain Region
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Geologic Excursions In The Overthrust Belt And Metamorphic Core Complexes Of The Intermountain Region written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Geology categories.
Gneiss Domes In Orogeny
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Author : Donna Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Gneiss Domes In Orogeny written by Donna Whitney and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Science categories.
Cordilleran Section Of The Geological Society Of America
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Author : Mason L. Hill
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 2013-08-01
Cordilleran Section Of The Geological Society Of America written by Mason L. Hill and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Science categories.
One of six volumes generated by each GSA section for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project, this centennial field guide contains descriptions of 100 sites or site clusters representing outstanding geologic locations in Alaska, southern Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
Exhumation Associated With Continental Strike Slip Fault Systems
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Author : Alison B. Till
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Exhumation Associated With Continental Strike Slip Fault Systems written by Alison B. Till and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Science categories.
Tectonic Setting Of Faulted Tertiary Strata Associated With The Catalina Core Complex In Southern Arizona
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Author : William R. Dickinson
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 1991
Tectonic Setting Of Faulted Tertiary Strata Associated With The Catalina Core Complex In Southern Arizona written by William R. Dickinson and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Science categories.
Mid-Tertiary strata exposed as tilted homoclines along the flanks of the San Pedro trough and across broad uplands north of the Catalina core complex are assigned to the following formations, each of which includes informal local members and facies: (a) Mineta Formation, mid-Oligocene redbeds including both conglomeratic fluvial and finer-grained lacustrine deposits; (b) Galiuro Volcanics, including lavas and domes, air-fall and ash-flow tuffs, and intercalated volcaniclastic strata of late Oligocene to earliest Miocene age; (c) Cloudburst Formation, also of late Oligocene and earliest Miocene age but including a sedimentary upper member of conglomeratic strata as well as a volcanic lower member correlative with part of the Galiuro Volcanics; and (d) San Manuel Formation, composed of lower Miocene alluvial fan and braidplain deposits that display contrasting clast assemblages in different areas of exposure. Generally correlative Oligocene-Miocene strata exposed south of the Catalina core complex are assigned to the Pantano Formation, which contains similar lithologic components. Less-deformed Neogene strata of post-mid-Miocene basin fill are assigned to the Quiburis Formation along the San Pedro trough, but stratigraphic equivalents elsewhere lack adequate nomenclature. High benchlands mantled by paleosols mark the highest levels of Neogene aggradation. Successive stages of subsequent erosional dissection are recorded by multiple terrace levels incised into basin fill. Key exposures of syntectonic mid-Tertiary sedimentary sequences in several local subareas reveal typical structural and stratigraphic relationships. Multiple fault blocks expose pre-Tertiary bedrock overlain by tilted mid-Tertiary strata confined to intervening half-grabens. Bounding syndepositional faults dip southwest and associated homoclines dip northeast. Fanning dips and buttress unconformities reflect progressive tilt and burial of eroding fault blocks. Dips of block-bounding faults are inversely proportional to the ages of the faults. Steeper dips for younger faults suggest either progressive erosion of successive listric faults or progressive rotation of successive planar faults. Uniformly moderate to steep dihedral angles between fault surfaces and offset homoclinal bedding imply that the faults dipped more steeply near the surface when syntectonic mid-Tertiary strata were subhorizontal. Although the inference of listric faulting best links apparent strands of the Catalina detachment system, the alternate interpretation of rotational normal faulting is compatible with local structural relationships including tilt of porphyry copper orebodies. Within the San Pedro trough, multiple homo clines of mid-Tertiary strata are exposed locally in tilt-blocks exhumed by Neogene erosion from beneath nearly flat-lying basin fill of the Quiburis Formation. Faults bounding the mid-Tertiary exposures include backtilted strands of the Catalina detachment system, somewhat younger listric or rotational normal faults, and steeper basin-range normal faults that display offsets both synthetic and antithetic to the flanks of the San Petro trough. In Cienega Gap, flanking the Tucson Basin, multiple tilt-blocks of the Pantano Formation form part of the upper plate of the Catalina detachment system. Initial construction of alluvial fans by generally westward paleoflow was followed by ponding of lacustrine environments along the foot of secondary breakaway scarps that also generated massive megabreccia deposits. In summary, syntectonic Oligocene to Miocene sedimentation succeeded a prominent pulse of polymodal mid-Tertiary volcanism and was coeval with mylonitic deformation and detachment faulting along the flank of the Catalina core complex. The headwall rupture for the detachment system migrated westward from an initial position along the range front of the Galiuro Mountains. After mid-Miocene time, accumulation and subsequent dissection of essentially undeformed basin fill was accompanied by basin-range block faulting. The most challenging structural issue is whether fault strands of the Catalina detachment system are interconnected or are disconnected rotational segments.
Continental Tectonics
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Author : Conall Mac Niocaill
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Release Date : 1999
Continental Tectonics written by Conall Mac Niocaill and has been published by Geological Society of London this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
Brings together a series of papers which explore various aspects of the deformation of continental lithosphere, covering different tectonic settings from the Palaeozoic to the present day. These include terrane accretion and juxtaposition, the exhumation of high-pressure terrains, and mechanisms of crustal extension and rifting.
Extensional Tectonics Of The Southwestern United States
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Author : Larry Mayer
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Extensional Tectonics Of The Southwestern United States written by Larry Mayer and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Science categories.