Stratigraphy and structure of the Seaman Range and Fox Mountain, Lincoln and Nye counties, Nevada / by Donlon O. Hurtubise and Edward A. Du Bray.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hurtubise, D. O., author.

Du Bray, E. A., author.

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Evolution of sedimentary basins--Eastern Great Basin ; ch. B.

U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1988-B.

Evolution of sedimentary basins--Eastern Great Basin ; ch. B

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin ; 1988-B

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Nevada--Fox Mountain (Nye County).

Geology.

Geology--Nevada--Seaman Range.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Cenozoic.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Paleozoic.

Cenozoic Geologic Period.

Paleozoic Geologic Period.

Nevada--Fox Mountain (Nye County).

Nevada--Seaman Range.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 31 pages, 1 page of plates) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Printing Office

Other Title:

Seaman Range and Fox Mountain, Nevada

Place of Publication:

[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1992.

Summary:

A multidisciplinary approach to research studies of sedimentary rocks and their constituents and the evolution of sedimentary basins, both ancient and modern.

Contents:

Abstract

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Geologic setting

Paleozoic stratigraphy. Ordovician (Pogonip Group, Eureka Qartzite, Ely Springs Dolomite) ; Silurian Laketown Dolomite ; Devonian (Sevy Dolomite, Simonson Dolomite, Guilmette Formation, West Range Limestone) ; Devonian and Mississippian Pilote Shale ; Mississippian (Joana Limestone, Chainman Shale, Scotty Wash Quartzite) ; Pennsylvanian Ely Limestone

Cenozoic stratigraphy. Prevolcanic units (Conglomerate, Sheep Pass Formation) ; Stratigraphy and distribution of Cenozoic igneous rocks (Needles Range Group, Petroglyph Cliff Ignimbrite, Monotony Tuff, Correlation of Oligocene dacite tuffs in the Seaman Range, Seaman volcanic center, Rhyolite tuffs of the Seaman Range, Dacite, Hornblende andesite, Leach Canyon Formation, Condor Canyon Formation, Pahranagat Lakes Tuff, Harmony Hills Tuff, Hiko Tuff, Rhyolite lava, Andesite) ; Quaternary units ; Chemistry of laval flows

Structure of the Seaman Range. Northern Seaman Range ; Central Seaman Range ; Southern Seaman Range ; Fox Mountain ; Lineaments ; Range-bounding faults (North Pahroc fault (new), Pahroc fault, Seaman Pass fault, Timer Mountain fault (new) ; Local faults (County Line fault (new), Key Hill fault (new), Prospect fault (new)) ; Structural history (Prevolcanic phase, Synvolcanic phase, Postvolcanic phase)

References cited.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 20, 2014).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hurtubise, D.O. Stratigraphy and structure of the Seaman Range and Fox Mountain, Lincoln and Nye counties, Nevada

OCLC:

889601107