Table of Contents - SPE224: Structure across a Mesozoic Ocean-Continent Suture Zone in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California
Acknowledgments
Abstract
Introduction
Previous Work
Geologic Setting
Rock Units
Metamorphic History
Structure
Introduction
Earlier faults
Field relations
Age and interpretation of the earlier faults
Slate Creek thrust
Field evidence for the Slate Creek thrust
Displacement on the Slate Creek thrust
Age and problems of correlation of the Slate Creek thrust
Late folds and faults
Folds
Faults
Displacements on the later faults
Age of the later folds and faults
Evidence for earlier cryptic faults
Shoe Fly-Feather River fault
Feather River-Red Ant fault
Red Ant-Calaveras fault
Calaveras-Fiddle Creek fault
Earlier cryptic faults as a west-vergent thrust system
Fabric elements restricted to individual units
Shoe Fly Complex
Feather River peridotite
Devils Gate ophiolite
Red Ant Schist
Calaveras Complex
Indian Creek ophiolitic mélange
Bedding and fabrics shared by several units
Bedding So
First or only foliation S1
First or only lineation L1
Scales shear zone
Structural chronology
Kinematic interpretation of fabrics
Kinematics of fabrics along the Slate Creek thrust
Kinematics of later structures
Regional correlation of faults
Slate Creek thrust
Major throughgoing faults
Terrane Analysis
Tectonic Implications
Conclusions
References Cited