The use of finite strain data in constructing a retrodeformable cross-section of the Meade thrust sheet, southeastern Idaho, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 573-583

  McNaught, Mark A ^a,b   Mitra, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOMETRY; LITHOLOGY; MODELS; ROTATION;

DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DEFORMED FOSSILS; FAULT PARALLEL SHEAR; FINITE STRAIN MARKER; FOLDING; LAYER PARALLEL SHORTENING; MEADE THRUST SHEET; MODEL PATH; RETRODEFORMABLE CROSS SECTION; SPACED SOLUTION CLEAVAGE;

TECTONICS;

CROSS SECTION BALANCING; DEFORMATION; FINITE STRAIN; FOLDING; LAYER PARALLEL SHORTENING; SPACED SOLUTION CLEAVAGE;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0029669297     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80025-3     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Allmendinger, R. W. 1981. Structural geometry of the Meade thrust plate in northern Blackfoot Mountains, southeastern Idaho. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 65, 509-525.
2. Allmendinger, R. W. 1982. Analysis of microstructures in the Meade plate of the Idaho-Wyoming foreland thrust belt, U.S.A. Tectonophysics 85, 221-251.
3. Armstrong, F. C. & Cressman E. R. 1963. The Bannock thrust zone, southeastern Idaho. Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 374J.
4. Armstrong, F. C. & Oriel, S. S. 1965. Tectonic development of the Idaho-Wyoming thrust belt. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 49, 1847-1866.
5. Blackstone, D. L. & DeBruin, R. H. 1987. Tectonic map of the overthrust belt, western Wyoming, northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Geol. Surv. Wyoming Map Ser. 23.
6. Borden, R. K. 1986. Structural geology and stratigraphy of the southwestern margin of the Meade thrust sheet, Harrington Peak, Georgetown and Meade Peak quadrangles, southeastern Idaho. Unpublished masters thesis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
7. Burgel, W. D., Rodgers, D. W. & Link, P. K. 1987. Mesozoic and Cenozoic structures of the Pocatello region, southeastern Idaho. In: Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook (edited by Miller, W. R.). Wyoming Geological Association, 91-100.
8. Coogan, J. C. & Royse, F. 1990. Overview of recent developments in thrust belt interpretation. In: Geologic Field Tours of Western Wyoming and Parts of Adjacent Idaho, Montana and Utah (edited by Roberts, S.), 89-126.
9. Coogan, J. C. & Yonkee, W. A. 1985. Salt detachments in the Jurassic Preuss redbeds within the Meade and Crawford thrust systems, Idaho and Wyoming. In: Orogenic and Stratigraphic Patterns of North-central Utah and Southeastern Idaho. Utah Geol. Ass. Publ. 14.
10. Cressman, E. R. 1964. Geology of the Georgetown Canyon-Snowdrift Mountain area, southeastern Idaho. Bull. U.S. geol. Surv. 1153.
11. Dahlstrom, C. D. A. 1970. Structural geology in the eastern margin of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Bull. Can. Petrol. Geol. 18, 332-406.
12. DeCelles, P. G. 1988. Lithologic provenance modeling applied to the Late Cretaceous synorogenic Echo Canyon Conglomerate, Utah: a case of multiple source area. Geology 16, 1039-1043.
13. DeCelles, P. G. 1994. Late Cretaceous-Paleocene synorogenic sedimentation and kinematic history of the Sevier thrust belt, northeast Utah and southwest Wyoming. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 106, 32-56.
14. DeCelles, P. G., Pile, H. T. & Coogan, J. C. 1993. Kinematic history of the Meade thrust based on provenance of the Bechler Conglomerate at Red Mountain, Idaho, Sewier thrust belt. Tectonics 12, 1436-1450.
15. Dixon, J. S. 1982. Regional structural synthesis, Wyoming salient of the western overthrust belt. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 10, 1560-1580.
16. Dover, J. H. 1985. Geologic map and structure sections of the Logan 30′ x 60′ quadrangle Utah and Wyoming. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-file Rep. 85-216.
17. Elliott, D. 1983. The construction of balanced cross-sections. J. Struct. Geol. 5, 101.
18. Evans, J. P. & Craddock, J. P. 1985. Deformation history and displacement transfer between the Crawford and the Meade thrust systems, Idaho-Wyoming overthrust belt. In: Orogenic and Stratigraphic Patterns of North-central Utah and Southeastern Idaho. Utah Geol. Ass. Publ. 14.
19. Ford, M. 1987. Practical application of the sequential balancing technique: an example from the Irish Variscides. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 144, 885-891.
20. Heller, P. L., Bowdler, S. S., Chambers, H. P., Coogan, J. C., Hagen, E. S., Shuster, M. W., Winslow, N. S. & Lawton, T. F. 1986. Time of initial thrusting in the Sevier orogenic belt, Idaho-Wyoming-Utah. Geology 14, 388-391.
21. Lamerson, P. R. 1982. The fossil basin and its relationship to the Absaroka thrust system, Wyoming and Utah. In: Geologic Studies of the Cordilleran Thrust Belt (edited by Powers, R. B.). Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Symposium, 279-340.
22. Mansfield, G. R. 1927. Geography, geology, and mineral resources of part of southeastern Idaho. Prof. Pap. U.S. geol. Surv. 152.
23. McNaught, M. A. 1990. The use of retrodeformable cross sections to constrain the geometry and interpret the deformation of the Meade thrust sheet, southeastern Idaho and northern Utah. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Rochester.
24. McNaught, M. A. & Mitra, G. 1993. A kinematic model for the origin of footwall synclines. J. Struct. Geol. 15, 805-808.
25. Mitra, G., Hull, J. M., Yonkee, W. A. & Protzman, G. M. 1988. Comparison of mesoscopic and microscopic deformation styles in the Idaho-Wyoming thrust belt and the Rocky Mountain forelnd. In: Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the Cordilleran Thrust Belt (edited by Schmitt, C. J. & Pery, W. J.). Mem. geol. Soc. Am. 171, 119-141.
26. Mitra, G. & Yonkee, W. A. 1985. Relationship of spaced cleavage to folds and thrusts in the Idaho-Utah-Wyoming thrust belt. J. Struct. Geol. 7, 361-373.
27. Mitra, G., Yonkee, W. A. & Gentry, D. J. 1984. Solution cleavage and its relationship to major structures in the Idaho-Utah-Wyoming thrust belt. Geology 12, 354-358.
28. Oriel, S. S. & Armstrong, F. C. 1966. Times of thrusting in the Idaho-Wyoming thrust belt: Reply. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 50, 2614-2621.
29. Protzman, G. M. 1985. The emplacement and deformation history of the Meade thrust sheet, southeast Idaho. Unpublished Masters thesis, University of Rochester.
30. Protzman, G. M. & Mitra, G. 1990. Strain fabric associated with the Meade thrust sheet: implications for cross-section balancing. J. Struct. Geol. 12, 403-417.
31. Royse, F., Warner, M. A. & Reese, D. L. 1975. Thrust belt structural geometry and related stratigraphic problems, Wyoming-Idaho-northern Utah. In: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Symposium, 41-54.
32. Valenti, G. L. 1982. Structure of the Laketown quadrangle and petroleum exploration in the Bear Lake area, Rich country, Utah. In: Geologic Studies of the Cordillerian Thrust Belt (edited by Powers, R. B.). Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 859-868.
33. Wiltschko, D. V. & Dorr, J. A., Jr 1983. Timing of deformation in overthrust belt and foreland of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 67, 1304-1322.
34. Woodward, N. B., Boyer, S. E. & Suppe, J. 1985. An Outline of Balanced Cross Sections. Studies in Geology, Vol. II (2nd edn). University of Tennessee Department of Geological Sciences.
35. Woodward, N. B., Gray, D. R. & Spears, D. B. 1986. Including strain data in balanced cross sections. J. Struct. Geol. 8, 313-24.