| Abstract: | Exposures of volcanic-sedimentary strata are widely distributed within central Utah. We believe that these volcanic and stratified sedimentary rocks, known by different formational names in different parts of this region, are, in fact, segments of one and the same suite of rocks that formed during the early and middle Tertiary. Potassium-argon ages indicate that both the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations formed during the late Eocene to middle Oligocene. The geochronology and stratigraphic relations are stong evidence that the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations are correlative, and that they are one and the same depositional unit. We recognize two sequences of repeated deformation: one that occurred prior to deposition and consolidation of the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations, and a second that occurred after these formations were emplaced, in essence, after early Oligocene time. In our view, multiple episodes of salt diapirism explain the structural complexity in central Utah. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Witkind, I. J.; Marvin, R. F. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Significance of new potassium-argon ages from the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations, Sanpete-Sevier Valley area, central Utah; 1989; Article; Journal; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Witkind, I. J.; Marvin, R. F. |
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| Citation Volume: | 101 |
| Citation Year: | 1989 |
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| Text: | Significance of new potassium-argon ages from the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations, Sanpete-Sevier Valley area, central Utah; 1989; Article; Journal; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Witkind, I. J.; Marvin, R. F. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1989 00:00 -0600 |
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