Structural evolution of metamorphic tectonites beneath the Silver Peak-Lone Mountain detachment fault, west-central Nevada

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dc.contributor.advisorOldow, John S.en_US
dc.creatorKohler, Gretchenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:22:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:22:42Zen_US
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Silver Peak Range of west-central Nevada reveals metamorphic tectonites below a low-angle fault deformed in a northwesterly-trending doubly-plunging anticline. The rock units in the region are divided into a lower plate, a Lower Paleozoic upper plate and an Oligocene and younger upper plate. The lower plate assemblage and Lower Paleozoic upper plate rocks share a common structural history, with the exception that peak metamorphic conditions in the lower plate reached lower amphibolite grade, whereas conditions in the upper plate never exceeded lower greenschist facies. Rocks of Oligocene and younger only experienced late-stage brittle deformation which warped the detachment fault into a doubly-plunging anticline. The cooling history of lower plate tectonites and structural evidence from the upper and lower plate rocks indicate an early history associated with Mesozoic thrusting, and a younger history of Miocene extension associated with displacement transfer between the Furnace Creek Fault and Walker Lane Belt.en_US
dc.format.extent126 p.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS GEOL. 1994 KOHLERen_US
dc.identifier.citationKohler, Gretchen. "Structural evolution of metamorphic tectonites beneath the Silver Peak-Lone Mountain detachment fault, west-central Nevada." (1995) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13966">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13966</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13966en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectGeologyen_US
dc.titleStructural evolution of metamorphic tectonites beneath the Silver Peak-Lone Mountain detachment fault, west-central Nevadaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentEarth Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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