Author: Christopher J. Schmidt
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This volume emphasizes the interaction of the Cordilleran thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland in studies of regional structural geology, geophysics, and sedimentology from west-central Montana to Arizona. The volume outlines how the nature of the Rocky mountain foreland and its deformation affect the geometry of the Cordilleran thrust belt. Many of the structural and geophysical studies reported in this volume also address the question of which structures - forland or thrust belt - developed first in a specific region and how early formed structures influenced later ones. Several chapters address the nature and style of foreland development.
Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt
Author: Christopher J. Schmidt
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This volume emphasizes the interaction of the Cordilleran thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland in studies of regional structural geology, geophysics, and sedimentology from west-central Montana to Arizona. The volume outlines how the nature of the Rocky mountain foreland and its deformation affect the geometry of the Cordilleran thrust belt. Many of the structural and geophysical studies reported in this volume also address the question of which structures - forland or thrust belt - developed first in a specific region and how early formed structures influenced later ones. Several chapters address the nature and style of foreland development.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This volume emphasizes the interaction of the Cordilleran thrust belt and Rocky Mountain foreland in studies of regional structural geology, geophysics, and sedimentology from west-central Montana to Arizona. The volume outlines how the nature of the Rocky mountain foreland and its deformation affect the geometry of the Cordilleran thrust belt. Many of the structural and geophysical studies reported in this volume also address the question of which structures - forland or thrust belt - developed first in a specific region and how early formed structures influenced later ones. Several chapters address the nature and style of foreland development.
Geologic and Hydrologic Characterization and Evaluation of the Basin and Range Province Relative to the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste
Author: Betty M. Miller
Publisher:
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Category : Arid regions
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arid regions
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks
Publisher:
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Category : Land titles
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land titles
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Regional Geology of Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming
Author: P. K. Link
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711797
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711797
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Did Westward Subduction Cause Cretaceous-Tertiary Orogeny in the North American Cordillera?
Author: Robert S. Hildebrand
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724570
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724570
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
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.
Fold and Thrust Belts
Author: J.A. Hammerstein
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204479
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The outer parts of collision mountain belts are commonly represented by fold and thrust belts. Major advances in understanding these tectonic settings have arisen from regional studies that integrate diverse geological information in quests to find and produce hydrocarbons. Drilling has provided tests of subsurface forecasts, challenging interpretation strategies and structural models. This volume contains 19 papers that illustrate a diversity of methods and approaches together with case studies from Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Collectively they show that appreciating diversity is key for developing better interpretations of complex geological structures in the subsurface – endeavours that span applications beyond the development of hydrocarbons.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204479
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The outer parts of collision mountain belts are commonly represented by fold and thrust belts. Major advances in understanding these tectonic settings have arisen from regional studies that integrate diverse geological information in quests to find and produce hydrocarbons. Drilling has provided tests of subsurface forecasts, challenging interpretation strategies and structural models. This volume contains 19 papers that illustrate a diversity of methods and approaches together with case studies from Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Collectively they show that appreciating diversity is key for developing better interpretations of complex geological structures in the subsurface – endeavours that span applications beyond the development of hydrocarbons.