Tectonics of the Uinta Recess in the Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt, Utah

Regional synthesis of stratigraphic data and study of thrust-belt analog models suggests that the map-view geometry of the Sevier fold-thrust belt was influenced during formation, at the site of the future U/C arch because the site marked an abrupt change in the thickness of the sedimentary basin in which the fold-thrust belt formed. Basin geometry, in turn, was affected by reactivation of a long-lived basement fault system. Abrupt thickening of sedimentary strata to the south of this fault zone led to the development of the CTZ, for thrust systems propagate further to the foreland where strata are thicker. Thinning of strata adjacent to the north flank of the basement fault zone similarly retarded foreland propagation of the thrust belt, but because the thinning was not so abrupt as on the south side, an ESE-verging low-angle thrust and fold system developed, rather than a tear. In sum, the Uinta recess reflects both variation in sedimentary basin thickness prior to the origin of the Sevier fold-thrust belt, and the affects of later (Laramide) uplift and Tertiary extension.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Paulsen, Timothy Scott

Contributors dc:contributor

• S. Marshak

• Physical Geography

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9717325

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86543