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Geology of the American Southwest: a Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History - W Cambridge University Press 0521816394 - Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History - W. Scott Baldridge Index More information Index Absaroka transgression (sequence) 98, 116, Capitan reef 141–4, 150 122, 132, 141, 150, 161 Cardenas Basalt 41, 44, 48, 59–61 Adriatic Sea 114 Carmel Formation 170, 173, 179 Alamitos Formation 128 Castile Formation 147, 149 Alamo breccia 108 Castner Marble 40, 54, 56–8 Amazon craton 38, 67 Cedar Mesa Sandstone 124, 133–4, 136–40 Ancestral Rocky Mountains (Ancestral Cedar Mountain Formation 186 Rockies) 116, 118–22, 125, 128, 130, 132–3, Central Basin Platform 141, 142 149, 155, 159, 165, 177, 208, 209 Central Colorado trough 119, 121, 125, 127 Animas Formation 205 Chihuahuan trough 181 Antler Mountains 105, 110, 119, 122 Chicxulub 204, 206, 207 Antler Mountain thrust 105, 111–12, 114 Chinle Formation 117, 136, 156, 158–66, Antler orogen (orogenic belt) 110–11, 113, 176 156–8 Chuar Group 44, 48, 75–6 Antler orogeny 92, 109–14, 121, 155–6 Cliff House Sandstone 199 Apache Group 40, 44–7, 49, 51, 60–2, 73 Coahuila terrane 120 Apennine Mountains (Apennine system) Coal Creek serpentinized harzburgite 37 112, 114 Coal Creek terrane 36, 37 Arapien Shale 173 Coconino Sandstone 101, 124, 137, 140 Arroyo Penasco˜ Group 105 Cocos plate 216–17 Aztec Sandstone 153, 166, 168–9 Colorado Plateau 1, 9, 19, 94, 105, 132–3, 136–7, 140, 155, 166, 173, 179, 180, 192, Bandelier Tuff 243 207, 215–16, 222, 227, 229, 232–7 Bandera flow 241 Comb Ridge 208 Basin and Range province 1, 9, 23–4, 215, Cordilleran miogeocline 76–81, 107, 119, 218, 220–37 123, 154, 157, 176 Bass Limestone 44, 47–50 Cordilleran orogeny 156, 182 Beck Spring Dolomite 44, 52–5 Core complex 224–7 Berringer Crater see Meteor Crater Cow Springs Formation 179 Bliss Sandstone 87–8, 90, 101 Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary 199, 204, Boot Heel volcanic field 219–23 206–7 bounding surface 167–8, 170–1 Crystal Spring Formation 44, 52–4 Brushy Canyon Formation 147 Curtis-Summerville Sea 175, 177 Broken Jug Formation 181–2 Cutler Formation (Cutler Group) 117, 124, Bright Angel Shale 65, 85–6, 101 133–4, 136–40 Cable Canyon Sandstone 87, 97, 99 Dakota Formation (Sandstone) 101, 193–7 Callahan event 109 Death Valley National Park (Death Valley) Canyonlands National Park 131–2, 137–41, 35, 53–5, 73–4, 77 167 DeChelly Sandstone 117, 124, 134, 136–7, Capital Reef National Park 153, 180 139, 140 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816394 - Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History - W. Scott Baldridge Index More information ◗ 278 Index◗ Delaware basin 141–4 Kaskaskia transgression 92, 98–109 Dox Formation (Sandstone) 41, 44, 48, 50–2 Kayenta Formation 153, 159, 164, 166, 168, 170 Elephant Canyon Formation 133, 137, 139 Kingston Peak Formation 44, 53, 64, 73–6, 80 El Malpais National Monument 241 Kirtland Formation (Shale) 193–4, 199, 203 El Paso Formation (Group) 87, 97, 101 Klamath–Sierran arc 92, 100, 111–12, 114 Entrada Sandstone (Entrada Formation) K/T boundary see Cretaceous–Tertiary 159, 170, 173–7, 179 boundary Escabrosa Limestone 93 La Pasada Formation 125, 128 Farallon plate 186, 210, 214–17, 229–31, 235, Lake T’oo’dichi’ 180–1 237 Lake Valley Formation 101, 107 Fountain Formation 128, 130 Laramide orogeny 128, 156, 182, 184, Front Range 119, 121, 128, 130, 159, 208–9, 202–11, 215–16, 218, 236–7 231 Leadville Formation 104 Fruitland Formation 193–4, 199 Lewis Shale 193–4, 199 Fusselman Dolomite 87, 97, 99, 101, 103 Llano uplift 35–8, 54, 58–9, 159 Log Springs Formation 108 Gallup Sandstone 193–4, 197 Ghost Ranch 162–3, 178, 195 MacLeod basin 178 Glance Conglomerate 182 Madera Group 124–5, 128–9 Glorieta Sandstone 124, 137, 140 Madison Limestone 105 Golconda allochthon 156–8 Mancos Shale 101, 193–4, 196–202 Golconda arc see Sonoma arc Gondwana 76, Mazatzal terrane 15, 18, 20, 22, 30, 68 81, 95, 118, 120 Mazatzal orogeny 4, 18, 21, 31–2, 34–5, 56 Grand Canyon Supergroup 40–1, 44, 48–51, Mazatzal province 13–16, 18, 22, 32, 68 76 McCarty’s flow 238, 240 gravitational potential energy 231, 235–6 Mediterranean Sea 112, 114 Great Basin 171, 173, 186, 225, 234, 237 Mendocino fracture zone 215, 217 Great Plains 150, 232–5, 237 Mendocino triple junction 215 Grenville orogeny 4, 12, 30, 34–8, 42, 45–7, Menefee Formation 194, 198–9, 202 51, 60–1, 63 Mesa Verde Group 194, 199 Grenville province (orogen) 11–12, 14, 34–8, Mesa Verde National Park 197 42, 54, 61, 67–8, 71 Mescal Limestone 44, 46, 51–2, 60 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 144, Meteor Crater 109 147 Mexican Borderland rift 181 Moenave Formation 164, 166, 168, 170 Hakatai Shale 44, 48–50 Moenkopi Shale 158–9 Halgaito Shale 124, 133–4, 136–7 Mogollon–Datil Volcanic field 220, 222–3 Havallah Basin 110–12, 150, 156–7 Mogollon uplift (highlands) 159, 160, 177, Hazel Formation 36, 44, 57–8 179 Hermit Formation (Shale) 101, 124, 134, 137 Mojave province 14, 23–5 Hermosa Formation 124, 131 Molas Formation 108 Himalaya Mountains 236 Montoya Group (Formation) 87, 97, 99, Hogback monocline 208 101–2 Monument Valley 117, 136 Ibex Formation 75–6 Moore Gulch shear zone 15, 17 Indo-Australian plate 28–9 Morrison Formation 170, 174, 176, 179, Ivanpah orogeny 25 180–1 Muav Limestone (Formation) 65, 85–6, 99, Jemez volcanic field 240–3 101 Johnnie Formation 44, 53, 77–8 Juan de Fuca plate 217 Natural Bridges National Monument 138–9 Juniper caldera 221–2 Navajo Sandstone 153, 159, 166–7, 169, 170, 172, 176 Kaibab Formation (Limestone) 101, 133, 137 Nazca plate 210 Kaskaskia sequence 95, 101, 103, 106 Nevadan orogeny 152, 170–8 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816394 - Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History - W. Scott Baldridge Index More information Index◗ 279 ◗ Noonday Dolomite 44, 53, 74–7 Sauk transgression (sequence) 64–65, 81–90, North American plate 210, 214–17, 235 94, 96–9 Nugget Sandstone 153, 166, 176 Schnebly Hill Formation 124, 134, 136 sequence stratigraphy 95–7 Oak Creek Tuff 222 Sevier orogen 172, 179, 188–9, 192, 199, 204, Oñate Formation 101–2 210, 211 ophiolite 17–19, 21, 26, 29 Sevier orogeny 152, 170–8, 184, 186–90, 202, Organ Rock Shale 124, 133–4, 136–7, 139 204, 215, 218, 237 Ortega Formation 22, 24 Sheeted dike complex 17, 18, 21 Ouachita-Marathon orogen 118–20 Shinarump Conglomerate (Shinarump Member) 117, 159–60 Pacific plate 215–16 Sierra Grande arch (uplift) 142 Packsaddle Schist 59 Sierra Madre Occidental 218, 220, 223, 233 Packsaddle terrane 36, 58–9 Sierra Pampeanas (Pampeanas Ranges) 210 Page Sandstone 159, 170, 173, 179 Sixtymile Formation 44, 48, 50, 75–6 Pahrump Group 44, 47, 49, 52–3, 62, 73 Sonoma arc (Sonomia) 156–8 paleo-Pacific Ocean 81, 161 Sonoma Mountains 156, 158 Paleopangea 66, 69 Sonoma orogeny 113, 121, 149–52, 156–8 Pangea 9, 83, 116, 118, 132, 137, 139, 141, Stirling Quartzite 44, 53, 77–8 143, 151–2, 154–5, 164, 166, 181, 187, Streeruwitz thrust 57–8 212 Summerville Formation 174 Panthalassic Ocean 81 Sundance Sea (Sundance seaway) 172, 175, Paradox basin 119, 121, 129–32 177, 178 Paradox Formation 130–2, 147 Surprise Canyon Formation 101, 106, 108 Payson ophiolite 16, 21, 29 Pecos greenstone belt 23 Tansill Formation 143, 146 Pecos terrane 23 Taos trough 119, 121, 125, 127–8 Pedernal uplift 119, 121, 125, 127, 142, 161, Tapeats Sandstone 44, 78, 84–8, 97, 102 209 Temple Butte Formation 86, 99–103 Percha Shale 87, 101–2 Tippecanoe transgression (sequence) 82–3, Permian basin 141–2, 147, 149 92, 95, 97–101 Petrified Forest National Park 162 Todilto Formation 175, 177–8 Pictured Cliffs Sandstone 193–4, 199 Tonto Group 86 Point Lookout Sandstone 194, 197–201 Toroweap Formation 101, 124, 133, 137, 141 pre-Grenville succession 42–7, 52, 62–3, 73 Transcontinental Arch 84, 100, 105 Preuss Formation 176 Transcontinental Proterozoic Provinces Puerto Blanco Formation 64 11–12 Trans-Pecos volcanic field 220, 223 Raplee monocline 208 Troy Quartzite 40, 44–7, 51–2, 60–2, 73 Red Bluff Granite 88 Twin Creek Limestone (Formation) 173, 176 Redwall Limestone 93, 101, 103–8 Tyrrhenian Sea 114 rift-to-drift succession 42–5, 63–4, 73–6, 78, 80 Uncompahgre Formation 22 Rio Grande rift 209, 211, 225, 235–7 Uncompahgre Mountains (Uncompahgre Rivera fracture zone (triple junction) 215–16 uplift) 119, 129, 133, 159, 161, 209 Roberts Mountain allochthon 110 Unkar Group 41, 44, 48, 50–1, 59–60, 62, 75 Rodinia 38, 40, 64, 66–73, 76, 80–1, 83, 89, 94 Upheaval Dome 108–9 Rodinian succession 44, 47–59, 73–6, 80 Valles caldera 241–3 sabkha 139, 141, 166, 173, 177 Valley of Fire State Park 168 Sahara Desert 165–7 Valley of the Gods 136 San Andres Formation 101, 124, 137, 141 Valley Spring terrane 59 San Juan volcanic field 220 Sandia Formation 124, 128 Watahomigi Formation 125 Sangre de Cristo Formation 126–8 Waulsortian mound 107 Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Range) 125–6, Western Interior seaway 185, 187, 190–2, 204, 208, 231 195–6, 200 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521816394 - Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History - W.
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