Mechanics of Alleghenian emplacement of thrust sheets along the Blue Ridge-Valley and Ridge boundary in the Southern Appalachians
Conference
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· Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States)
OSTI ID:6594131
The structural interaction between emplacement of the crystalline Blue Ridge thrust sheet (BRTS) and associated Alleghenian deformation in the Valley and Ridge can be, in part, deduced from the deformational style and sequence found in the structurally underlying Pulaski thrust sheet (PTS). Within the PTS both crosscutting and superimposed structural relationships indicate that Alleghenian deformation proceeded through 5 distinct stages involving the PTS. Structures formed during: stage A- as the BRTS ascended a footwall ramp over the PTS and the major lower level decollement zone (LLDZ) in Cambrian strata formed at the base of the PTS; stage B- as the coupled BRTS-PTS ascended a footwall ramp across Cambrian through middle Ordovician strata; stage C- as the PTS crossed the upper Ordovician through Devonian portion of that ramp; stage D- as the BRTS-PTS crossed upper Devonian and Mississippian rocks and reached the upper level decollement zone in Mississippian strata; stage E- post BRTS-PTS emplacement. Stage A was characterized by development of both an imbricate fan in the Rome Formation beneath the BRTS and a thick LLDZ containing abundant tectonic breccia near the Rome/Elbrook contact. The upper bounding surface (UBS) of this LLDZ is folded by broad folds and cut by faults formed during later stages as footwall tectonic slices were incorporated into the base of the PTS. Thus, regional fold and fault trends and relationships with the UBS suggest that most of the complex deformation and tectonic breccia found within the LLDZ formed prior to the PTS ascending the footwall ramp.
- Research Organization:
- Montana Tech, Butte (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6594131
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8510489-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 17
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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