[PDF][PDF] Geomorphic expression of active tectonics in a rapidly-deforming forearc, Sila massif, Calabria, southern Italy

P Molin, FJ Pazzaglia, F Dramis - American journal of science, 2004 - ajsonline.org
We examine the tectonic geomorphology of La Sila, Calabria, southern Italy, a high-standing
(1500 m) plateau surrounded by crustal extension, with map, DEM, and field data. These …

History and causes of post-Laramide relief in the Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau

ME McMillan, PL Heller… - Geological Society of …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau has the highest mean elevation and
topographic relief in the contiguous United States. The mean altitude exceeds 2 km above …

Synchronous opening of the Rio Grande rift along its entire length at 25–10 Ma supported by apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology, and evaluation of …

JW Ricketts, SA Kelley, KE Karlstrom… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One-hundred and forty-seven new apatite (U-Th)/He (AHe) ages are presented from 32
sample locations along the flanks of the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico and Colorado. These …

Epeirogeny in the Southern Rocky Mountains region: Evidence and origin

GP Eaton - Geosphere, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mountain peaks of the present-day Southern Rocky Mountains are the highest peaks in
the Rocky Mountain system. They represent a second generation of mountains, one that …

Quaternary extension in the Rio Grande rift at elevated strain rates recorded in travertine deposits, central New Mexico

JW Ricketts, KE Karlstrom, A Priewisch… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Calcite-filled extension veins and shear fractures are preserved in numerous travertine
deposits along the western margin of the Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande rift. Calcite …

Middle Tertiary buoyancy modification and its relationship to rock exhumation, cooling, and subsequent extension at the eastern margin of the Colorado Plateau

M Roy, S Kelley, F Pazzaglia, S Cather… - …, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract In the southern Rocky Mountains and Rio Grande rift, rock cooling patterns from
apatite fission-track (AFT) data spatially correlate with areas of voluminous middle Tertiary …

[HTML][HTML] Embryonic core complexes in narrow continental rifts: The importance of low-angle normal faults in the Rio Grande rift of central New Mexico

JW Ricketts, KE Karlstrom, SA Kelley - Geosphere, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Rio Grande rift in central New Mexico provides an excellent location to study
the interaction between high-angle and low-angle (15–35) normal faults during crustal …

Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Rio Grande rift, northern New Mexico and southern Colorado

RV Ingersoll - International Geology Review, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The well-known Pliocene to Quaternary Rio Grande rift of northern New Mexico and
southern Colorado is distinctly different from the Miocene rift, especially in structural style …

Refining the footwall cooling history of a rift flank uplift, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico

MA House, SA Kelley, M Roy - Tectonics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Apatite fission track (AFT) and (U‐Th)/He data from the Sandia Mountains and Hagan
embayment provide new insights into the thermal and tectonic evolution of the eastern flank …

[PDF][PDF] Upper mantle structure beneath the eastern Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande rift revealed by Bouguer gravity, seismic velocities, and xenolith data

M Roy, JK MacCarthy… - Geochemistry …, 2005 - earthscope-sem.asu.edu
[2] The region of the Rio Grande rift and adjacent provinces represents a lithospheric-scale
corridor that has localized tectonic and magmatic activity during Tertiary time. The region …