Principal elements of Ozark uplift during the Pennsylvanian

Conference · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:5018574

Howe, W B ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Missouri, Rolla, MO (United States)

The Pennsylvanian history of the Ozark uplift is complex, reflecting major late Mississippian or earliest Pennsylvanian reactivation along prominent NW-trending tectonic zones (TZ), followed by regional baseleveling, repeated phases of regional uplift, and a number of lesser episodes of reactivation along principal tectonic zones and intra-zonal faults. Pre-Pennsylvanian baseleveling resulted in a complex paleogeologic substrate. During the Pennsylvanian, movement along principal tectonic zones defined large elements of Ozark uplift provisionally identified as Trans-Ozark arc; Northeast Missouri graben; Lincoln fold system; St. Francis Mtn. core; and Tri-State platform, incorporating both Spavinaw arch and Arkansas-Missouri shelf/platform. The suggested definitions and nomenclature follow an important concept developed by Searight and Searight (1961) in a little-publicized paper. Lincoln fold system may reflect a tectonic zone with its extension to the southeast offset along Cap-Au-Gres fault. Mississippi River arch served to link the obliquely-faulted northeastern area of the uplift with southwestern elements of Wisconsin uplift. Spavinaw arch, including Seneca fault zone along its axis, is associated with and may in fact dominate the Tri-State platform. Both became clearly defined during early( ) Atokan time and served to define an eastern boundary of early Desmoinesian Cherokee basin. Miami Trough, reflecting a significant NE-trending TZ, bounds Tri-State platform to the west-northwest. Trans-Ozark arch, a horst-dominated feature including the area between Bolivar-Mansfield TZ and Grand River TZ, incorporates Central Missouri TZ as the most important of several associated features. Regional expression of elements of Ozark uplift changed during Pennsylvanian time in the course of successive TR events coupled with the influence of continuing tectonic activity.

• OSTI ID: 5018574
• Report Number(s): CONF-9303210--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 25:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
580000* -- Geosciences
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOLOGY
OZARK REGION
TECTONICS