Structural relationships of pre-Tertiary rocks in the Nevada Test Site region, southern Nevada
- US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States); USGS
- Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
This report summarizes the evidence for a revised interpretation of major structural features in the pre-Tertiary rocks of the region including and surrounding the Nevada Test Site. The thick miogeoclinal section of Late Proterozoic through Lower Permian sedimentary strata records major foreland-vergent thrust faulting, younger hinterland-vergent folding and thrusting, and local extension on low-angle normal faults. In addition, structural discontinuities in the northeastern part of the Nevada Test Site strongly suggest a broad, north-trending zone of sinistral strike-slip faulting that may have had a cumulative offset of many kilometers.
- Research Organization:
- United States Geological Survey - Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Nevada Operations Office (NO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-96NV11967
- OSTI ID:
- 10451
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-PP--1607
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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