Geographic information systems, mapping, and geology in Great Basin National Park, Nevada: Cooperative interagency research

Conference · Wed Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1993 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:5289750

Brown, J L ^[1]; Miller, E L ^[2]; Miller, D M; McCarthy, P T ^[3]; Crane, M P ^[4]

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1. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States). Denver Federal Center
2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geology Dept
3. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
4. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)

Cooperative research between the US Geological Survey, the National Park Service (NPS), and Stanford University will provide basic geologic mapping, geographic information system (GIS) data sets, and geologic research to the newly established Great Basin National Park (GBNP) in the southern Snake Range, Nevada. The GIS is a computer hardware and software system designed to collect, manage, analyze, and display spatially referenced data. Applications of GIS technology include the merging of various digital spatial data sets as well as the generation of derivative digital and graphic products that will provide a powerful and cost-effective tool to develop responses to preservation and management issues, to answer request for public information, and to provide a basis for continued scientific research in the region. The maps and associated studies provide new data on the Late Precambrian and Paleozoic depositional history of the region, illustrate the Mesozoic and Cenozoic structural, metamorphic, and intrusive history of rocks in the southern Snake Range, and detail the geometry and kinematic history of the normal fault systems that evolved during Cenozoic Basin and Range extension and led to the uplift of the Snake Range. The southern Snake Range is a region of great structural complexity that lies between a region of unextended mountain ranges to the east and highly extended ranges to the west. In general, the southern Snake Range represents a gently domal anticlinal form, exposing Late Precambrian to Cambrian clastic strata of the miogeocline that are in fault contact with myriad Paleozoic and Tertiary rocks that are themselves complexity faulted. The Paleozoic and Tertiary rocks overlie the Snake Range decollement, a gently east-dipping normal fault system on the eastern flank of the range.

• OSTI ID: 5289750
• Report Number(s): CONF-9305259--
• Journal Information: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Journal Name: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) Vol. 25:5; ISSN GAAPBC; ISSN 0016-7592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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