Geology of the Blue Mountains region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Petrology and tectonic evolution of pre-Tertiary rocks of the Blue Mountains region
Professional Paper
1438
Edited by: T.L. Vallier and H. C. Brooks
Links
- Document: Report (pdf)
- NGMDB Index Pages:
- Petrology of the Canyon Mountain complex, eastern Oregon (html)
- A closer look at the Bald Mountain batholith, Elkhorn Mountains (html)
- Petrology of pre-Tertiary igneous rocks in the Blue Mountains region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: implications for the geologic evolution of a complex island arc (html)
- High-pressure, low-temperature-schistose rocks of the Baker terrane, northeastern Oregon (html)
- Mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Baker terrane, eastern Oregon, and their implications for terrane origin [Canyon Mountain complex] (html)
- Tectonic implications of U-Pb zircon ages of the Canyon Mountain complex, Sparta complex, and related metaplutonic rocks of the Baker terrane, northeastern Oregon [Canyon Mountain complex] (html)
- Tectonic implications of U-Pb zircon ages of the Canyon Mountain complex, Sparta complex, and related metaplutonic rocks of the Baker terrane, northeastern Oregon [Sparta complex] (html)
- Pre-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Blue Mountains Province, northeastern Oregon (html)
- Pre-Tertiary deformation of the Desolation Butte quadrangle, northeastern Oregon (html)
- The Bourne and Greenhorn subterranes of the Baker terrane, northeastern Oregon: implications for the evolution of the Blue Mountains island-arc system (html)
- An 40Ar/39Ar chronicle of the tectonic development of the Salmon River suture zone, western Idaho (html)
- Geology of the northern part of the Ironside Mountain inlier, northeastern Oregon (html)
- Petrology and deformation history of the Burnt River Schist and associated plutonic rocks in the Burnt River Canyon area, northeastern Oregon (html)
- Gravity studies of an island-arc/continent suture zone in west-central Idaho and southeastern Washington (html)
- Metamorphic and structural development of island-arc rocks in the Slate Creek - John Day area, west-central Idaho (html)
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
This Professional Paper contains 14 chapters on the Blue Mountains region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. The authors discuss petrology and tectonic evolution of an island arc that formed in the ancestral Pacific Ocean during the Permian to Cretaceous interval. The island arc was accreted to cratonal North America in the Early Cretaceous and thereby became one of the several exotic terranes in western North America.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geology of the Blue Mountains region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Petrology and tectonic evolution of pre-Tertiary rocks of the Blue Mountains region |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1438 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1438 |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | vi, 540 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho, Oregon, Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Blue Mountains |