Browsing Theses, Dissertations and Student Research Papers (Geology) by Subject "Basin and Range"

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Rhyolitic magmatism of the High Lava Plains and adjacent Northwest Basin and Range, Oregon : implications for the evolution of continental crust

Ford, Mark T., 1973- (2011-12-14)

Understanding continental crust formation and modification is a fundamental and longstanding geologic problem. Influx of mantle-derived basaltic magma and partial melting of the crust are two ways to drive crustal differ ...
The termination of the Basin and Range Province into a clockwise rotating region of transtension and volcanism, central Oregon

Trench, David (2008-10-16)

Normal faults characterizing extensional provinces may terminate along-strike at regions of zero extension, at zones of transform faults, or at triple junctions. Termination of the Basin and Range extensional province ...
Two-stage opening of the northwestern basin and range in eastern Oregon : evidence from the Miocene Crane basin

Milliard, Justin B. (2010-07-01)

New data are presented that provide evidence for the onset of extensional deformation in the Northwestern Basin and Range within 1 million years after the eruption of the Steens Basalt at 16.5 Ma. New geologic mapping (1 ...