Late Paleozoic extension in the Great Basin, western United States

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Research Article| August 01, 1990 Late Paleozoic extension in the Great Basin, western United States David Lee Smith; David Lee Smith 1Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Elizabeth L. Miller Elizabeth L. Miller 1Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information David Lee Smith 1Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Elizabeth L. Miller 1Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1990) 18 (8): 712–715. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0712:LPEITG>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation David Lee Smith, Elizabeth L. Miller; Late Paleozoic extension in the Great Basin, western United States. Geology 1990;; 18 (8): 712–715. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0712:LPEITG>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Geologic mapping in the Toiyabe Range in central Nevada has revealed the existence of normal faults of probable mid-Mississippian to Early Permian age that strike roughly east-west and dip northward. Additional evidence of uplift and erosion followed by mafic volcanism and subsidence suggests that much of the central and southern Toiyabe Range was affected by late Paleozoic extension. Similar patterns of late Paleozoic uplift and subsidence, together with local basaltic volcanism, are widespread in the western United States, suggesting that the continental margin was dominated by extension or transtension in Mississippian to Permian time. This extension was coeval with convergence between North America and South America across the Ouachita and Marathon belts, and the dynamic interaction of these two margins may, by analogy with the Cenozoic tectonics of Asia, have given rise to complex late Paleozoic deformation in the Ancestral Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas of the interior western United States. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.