Cenozoic Tectonic Reorganizations of the Death Valley Region, Southeast California and Southwest Nevada

The Death Valley region, of southeast California and southwest Nevada, is distinct relative to adjacent regions in its structural style and resulting topography, as well as in the timing of basin-range extension. Cenozoic basin-fill strata, ranging in age from greater than or equal to 40 to approximately 2 million years are common within mountain-range uplifts in this region. The tectonic fragmentation and local uplift of these abandoned basin-fills indicate a multistage history of basin-range tectonism. Additionally, the oldest of these strata record an earlier, pre-basin-range interval of weak extension that formed broad shallow basins that trapped sediments, without forming basin-range topography.

Author: U. S. Department of the Interior
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/04/2014
Pages: 46
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9781496083609

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