Cretaceous to early Tertiary paleogeography in the hinterland of the Sevier thrust belt, east-central Nevada
Journal Article
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· Geology; (USA)
- Montana State Univ., Bozeman (USA)
The Cretaceous to early Tertiary hinterland of the Sevier thrust belt in east-central Nevada underwent two periods of sedimentary basin development. The older (Early Cretaceous) episode is characterized by basins that formed coeval with deformation within a belt of contractional structures. Basins were characterized by periods of through-flowing fluvial drainage. The younger (Late Cretaceous to Eocene) episode of basin development was characterized by internally drained alluvial basins that subsequently expanded into more regional lacustrine basins. Basal alluvial detritus indicates that basin inception occurred as a result of rapid development of topographic relief. Synsedimentary tectonism was characterized by horizontal extension due to attainment of equilibrium topography in response to crustal thickening.
- OSTI ID:
- 6314420
- Journal Information:
- Geology; (USA), Journal Name: Geology; (USA) Vol. 18:6; ISSN GLGYB; ISSN 0091-7613
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Thrust controlled sedimentation patterns of the earliest Cretaceous nonmarine sequence of the Montana-Idaho-Wyoming Sevier foreland basin
Conference
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Wed Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1993
· Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)
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OSTI ID:5021808
Sedimentology and provenance of Late Cretaceous(. )-Eocene Sheep Pass Formation conglomerates in hinterland of Sevier Orogenic Belt, east-central Nevada
Conference
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Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986
· Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
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OSTI ID:7230438
Thrust controlled sedimentation patterns of the earliest Cretaceous nonmarine sequence of the Montana-Idaho-Wyoming Sevier foreland basin
Conference
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Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984
· Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:6461827
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD
DEFORMATION
DRAINAGE
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GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
MESOZOIC ERA
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SEDIMENTATION
TERTIARY PERIOD
TOPOGRAPHY
USA
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ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
CENOZOIC ERA
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
DEFORMATION
DRAINAGE
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOGRAPHY
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
MESOZOIC ERA
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SEDIMENTATION
TERTIARY PERIOD
TOPOGRAPHY
USA