The Cascadian Foothills: Shifting geosynclines, depositional environments, & tectonic rotations

Author:   William a Szary
Publisher:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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9781725512771


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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The Cascadian Foothills: Shifting geosynclines, depositional environments, & tectonic rotations


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The Lewis County Cascadian Foothills of Southwestern Washington provides a diverse geologic history of marine transgression-regression depositional cycles, shifting geosynclines, and a chaotic assemblage of faults and folds exposed to convergent margin plate subduction and plate rotations throughout the Tertiary Period. Both field mapping techniques and satellite imagery were used to reconcile confusing attitudinal observations as well as primary and secondary folds obscured by superimposition.Chapter 1 presents regional plate tectonics setting, stratigraphy, Early Eocene tectonic history, a brief summary of the North Cascade sub-continental collision, and an overview of the western geosyncline basin shifting during the Middle Eocene through Miocene Epochs.Chapter 2 presents study area stratigraphy observed in central Lewis County for the McIntosh, Northcraft, Skookumchuck, and Lincoln Creek formations. Depositional models for each formation are presented. The Northcraft formation was subdivided into two sections: the West Central Volcanics and East Central Volcanics based on andesite flows and pyroclastic ash deposits each considered mappable units.The Skookumchuck Formation exhibited cyclothemic properties based on measured sections observed in the study area. Two models are presented based on ideal cyclothems documented from the Pennsylvanian Period for comparison with Middle Eocene cycles.Chapter 3 provides an overview of geologic structure and tectonic rotation with impacts to regional deformational patterns related to folding and faulting. Plate rotation theories are presented, southwest Washington regional rotation studies and study area rotation models are presented. Plate rotation geochronologic estimates are provided for the Middle Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene timelines. Geosyncline influences and study area tectonic sedimentation are discussed.

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Author:   William a Szary
Publisher:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9781725512771


ISBN 10:   1725512777
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 August 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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