Sean Long

New perspectives on the construction and extensional collapse of the Nevadaplano: A summary of recent progress part of 2018 Structure and Tectonics Forum:Abstracts
This abstract page from the 2018 Structure and Tectonics Forum presents recent geological research on the formation and extensional collapse of the Nevadaplano, an ancient orogenic plateau in the western U.S., emphasizing crustal thickening, shortening in the Sevier thrust belt, synorogenic extension, and the tectonic evolution from the Late Cretaceous to Miocene, including the role of slab rollback and ignimbrite volcanism in its collapse.