Five Tectonic Settings in Five National Parks and Forests: A Field Camp Experience

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

MacLean, John S¹  Francisco, Spencer¹ 

[1] Southern Utah UniversitySouthern Utah UniversitySouthern Utah University

关键词: Laramide Orogeny;    Capitol Reef National Park;    Waterpocket Fold;    Paradox Formation;    salt tectonics;    Arches National Park;    Sevier Orogeny;    Fish Lake National Forest;    Kolob Canyon;    Marysvale volcanics;    Marysvale volcanic field;    Bryce Canyon National Park;    Great Basin National Park;   

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学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

【 摘 要 】

In summer 2014, Southern Utah University’s field camp visited five national parks and forests to study five different tectonic settings in five weeks. These included: thick-skinned contraction of the Laramide Orogeny at Capitol Reef National Park; normal faulting due to salt tectonics of the Paradox Formation at Arches National Park; thin-skinned folding and thrusting of the Sevier Orogeny at Fish Lake National Forest and Kolob Canyon of Zion National Park; foreland sedimentary transitions in the Book’s Cliffs areas of Utah; thrusting and conjugate fracture development due to the gravitational collapse of the Marysvale volcanic field at Bryce Canyon National Park; and a metamorphic core complex at Great Basin National Park and Hendry’s Creek in the Northern Snake Range of Nevada. This article provides a brief summary and photographic tour of the students’ experiences studying each tectonic environment, and it highlights wonderful geological features exposed in our national parks.

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