Basement Tectonics 12: Central North America and Other Regions

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Petrologic Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution of the Llano Uplift....Pages 3-27
Geologic Provinces of Oklahoma....Pages 29-37
The Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen: A Cambrian analog for Mid-Proterozoic AMCG (Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite) complexes?....Pages 39-78
Surface and Near-Surface Investigation of the Alteration of the Mount Scott Granite and Geometry of the Sandy Creek Gabbro Pluton, Hale Spring Area, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma....Pages 79-122
Multiple Reactivations of Rigid Basement Block Margins: Examples in the Northern Reading Prong, USA....Pages 123-153
The Variscan Geodynamic Cycle in the Sardinian-Corsican Massif, According to the Most Recent Data....Pages 155-168
Geological and Geophysical Exploration for Uranium Mineralization in the El-Erediya Prospect Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt....Pages 169-189
Seismic Imaging Beneath Thrust Blocks....Pages 191-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Petrology and Tectonic Significance of the Polly Wright Cove Pluton, Blue Ridge Province, Virginia: An Extension-Related, Multiply-Intrusive Magmatic System of Anorogenic Origin....Pages 209-209
Basement-Involved and Detached Phases of Deformation in the Evolution of Fold-Thrust Belts: Examples from the Southern Cordilheira do Espinhaço and the Paramirim Deformation Corridor, Brazil....Pages 211-212
Evolution of the Late Proterozoic Basement in the Northern Appalachian Orogenic System and Implications for the Ouachita System....Pages 213-213
The North-Trending Swarm of Mesozoic Dikes in the Southern Appalachians: Its Map Pattern and Significance for Mesozoic Extension....Pages 215-216
Crustal Tectonic Controlling Metallogenies from Paleozoic to Tertiary in the North Patagonian Region Argentina....Pages 217-218
Early Proterozoic Ductile Reworking of Archean Basement in the Central Laramie Range: A Complex Response to the Cheyenne Belt, Trans-Hudson and Central Plains Orogens....Pages 219-221
Propagation of High Angle, Dip-Slip Basement Fault Zones Into Overlying Sedimentary Rocks....Pages 223-224
Geologic Provinces of Oklahoma....Pages 225-226
Evidence from the Stratigraphic Record for Basement Deformation in Southeastern Nebraska, Midcontinent U.S.A.....Pages 227-227
Petrologic Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution of the Llano Uplift....Pages 229-230
Proterozoic Evolution of the Llano Uplift, Central Texas: Evidence for High-Pressure Metamorphism from the Oxford Mafic Body....Pages 231-232
Dikes in the Precambrian of the Eastern Arbuckle Mountains....Pages 233-233
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Neoproterozoic Continental-Scale Transpression Megazone in Eastern Brazil....Pages 235-237
Multiple Reactivations of Major Fault Zones in the Northern Reading Prong, USA....Pages 239-240
Structural Evolution of Cima Termine Area, Val Venosta (Northern Italy)....Pages 241-241
On Fracture Development in Rock Subjected to Compression....Pages 243-244
The Characteristics and Tectonic Evolution of the Basement of the Collision Orogenic Belt on the Southeastern Margin of the Yangtze Plate....Pages 245-246
Revised Granite-Gabbro Age Relationships, Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen U.S.A.....Pages 247-249
Late Precambrian Strike-Slip Fault System of the Wichita-Amarillo Mountains as Delineated by Detailed Aeromagnetic Data....Pages 251-251
Crustal Growth During Continental Rifting: An Example from the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen....Pages 253-255
Integrated Petrologic and Sedimentologic Studies of a Late Neoproterozoic Rift Basin within the Grenvillian Basement of Virginia....Pages 257-258
Structural Imprint of the Wichita Mountains Frontal Zone on Overlying Sediments....Pages 259-259
Plastic Deformation as a Factor of Material Transformation of Rocks (Southern Tien Shan)....Pages 261-263
Evolution of Proterozoic Granitoids, Eastern Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma....Pages 265-265
Seismic Imaging Beneath Thrust Blocks....Pages 267-267
Seismicity and Tectonic Relationships of North Central Oklahoma....Pages 269-270
Distribution of Phanerozoic Faulting and Folding, Seismicity, and Ore Deposits in the Midcontinent Region, United States: A Reflection Widespread Proterozoic Rifting in the North American Craton?....Pages 271-273
The Variscan Geodynamic Cycle in the Sardinian-Corsican Massif....Pages 275-276
The Influence of Structural Position and Lithology on the Fracture Distribution in the East Kaibab Monocline, SE Utah: Implications for Fluid Flow Properties....Pages 277-278
Evolution of Grenville Tectonic Provinces, Southeastern Llano Uplift, Central Texas....Pages 279-280
Anatomy of the Grenville Orogen in West Texas....Pages 281-281
Halokinetic Associated Crustal Stretching in the Southern Red Sea: New Observations of the Basement and Sedimentary Cover from Refraction Constrained Reflection Seismic Stratigraphy....Pages 283-284
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Partial Melting of Mount Scott Granite at 850° C and 500 Bars....Pages 285-286
Investigation of the Mount Scott Granite Drill Core, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma....Pages 287-288
Geological and Geophysical Exploration for Uranium Mineralization on EI-Erediya Prospect Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt....Pages 289-289
Nature and Age of Ductile Deformation Associated with the “Anorogenic” Town Mountain Granite, Llano Uplift, Central Texas....Pages 291-292
Interdependency of Mechanical and Chemical Processes During the Evolution of Chloritic Breccia, Sacramento Mountains, SE California....Pages 293-294
Factors Affecting Limiting Angles for Fault Reactivation in Basement Rocks....Pages 295-295
Lead Isotope Mapping of Crustal Reservoirs Within the Grenville Superterrane: Central and Southern Appalachians....Pages 297-297
Petrology and Geochemistry of a Late Proterozoic Anorogenic Supersuite, Laurentian Appalachians, Virginia and North Carolina: Implications for Magma-Generation Associated with Cratonic Extension....Pages 299-300
The Role of Recurrent Tectonics in the Formation of the Nemaha Uplift and Cherokee-Forest City Basins and Adjacent Structural Features in Eastern Kansas and Contiguous States, USA....Pages 301-303
COCORP Southwestern Oklahoma Siesmic Lines Revisited....Pages 305-305