Analytical solutions applied to structures of the Rocky Mountains foreland on local and regional scales

Gary Couples, David W. Stearns

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Abstract

This paper presents conceptual models of basement configurations for several structural types in the Rocky Mountains foreland-upthrusts, rotated basement blocks, and plateau uplifts. These hypotheses of structural development are supported by calculated stress states and fracture patterns derived from them. The goodness-of-fit between field observations and the final geometries of the models leads to the suggestion of possible loading conditions for the initiation of Laramide structural development of uplifts in the foreland. These suggested loading conditions for individual features lead, in turn, to a hypothesized stress state consisting of a regional component of crustal horizontal compression superposed on the controlling stress fields caused by more local load variations at depth beneath the brittle upper crust.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLaramide Folding Associated with Basement Block Faulting in the Western United States
PublisherGeological Society of America
Pages313-335
Number of pages23
ISBN (Print)9780813711515
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1978

Publication series

NameMemoir of the Geological Society of America
PublisherGeological Society of America
Volume151
ISSN (Print)0072-1069

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geology

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