Golconda Thrust

The Golconda Thrust is a major oceanic terrane that was thrust over central and northern Nevada, North America, in possibly sometime between the Late Permian and the late Jurassic.[1] It is considered equivalent to the Tobin thrust fault.[2]

It contains the Havallah sequence.[3]

Timing the Golconda Thrust

The time of the Golconda Thrust is not perfectly clear, and it may pre-date the Sonoma orogeny[4]. Other references suspect it appears to have thrust during the Sonoma orogeny.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Pacific Section SEPM". Pacific Section SEPM. The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. Silberling, N. J. (1 January 1975). "Age Relationships of the Golconda Thrust Fault, Sonoma Range, North-Central Nevada". Age Relationships of the Golconda Thrust Fault, Sonoma Range, North-Central Nevada. GeoScienceWorld. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. Brueckner, Hannes K.; Snyder, Walter (1985). "Structure of the Havallah sequence, Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Evidence for prolonged evolution in an accretionary prism". Structure of the Havallah sequence, Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Evidence for prolonged evolution in an accretionary prism. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. Dunston, Jacob Franklin. "The Pre-Cenozoic Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Clearwater Canyon, Sonoma Range, Nevada: Implications for the Timing of Golconda Thrusting". The Pre-Cenozoic Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Clearwater Canyon, Sonoma Range, Nevada: Implications for the Timing of Golconda Thrusting. Core. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. Silberling, N. J. (1973). "Geologic Events During Permian-Triassic Time Along the Pacific Margin of the United States". Geologic Events During Permian-Triassic Time Along the Pacific Margin of the United States. The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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