Structural relationships of pre-Tertiary rocks in the Nevada Test Site region, southern Nevada
Professional Paper
1607
By: J. C. Cole and Patricia Hughes Cashman
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Abstract
This report contains a synthesis and interpretation of structural and stratigraphic data for pre-Tertiary rocks in a large area of southern Nevada within and near the Nevada Test Site. Its presents descriptive and interpretive information from discontinuously exposed localities in the context of a regional model that integrates stratigraphy, sedimentology, crustal structure, and deformational style and timing. Evidence is given for substantial strike-slip faults, for modest excursion on low-angle faults, and for pre-Oligocene formation of the regional oroclinal flexure in neighboring mountain ranges.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Structural relationships of pre-Tertiary rocks in the Nevada Test Site region, southern Nevada |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1607 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1607 |
| Edition | Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. G.P.O. ; For sale by U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services, |
| Description | 39 p. |
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