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Published February 1993 | public
Journal Article

Large-magnitude Permian shortening and continental-margin tectonics in the southern Cordillera: Discussion and reply

Abstract

Stone and Stevens agree that apparent termination of large displacement on the Last Chance thrust near the Darwin Plateau is a major problem to be explained by any viable model of Cordilleran geology. Their arguments against a Permian age for thrusting, however, are deeply flawed. The alternative structural relations they advocate in the Darwin Plateau, southern Inyo Mountains, and northern Death Valley areas result in a thrust belt that is not strain compatible— that is, retrodeformable to its original state without gaps or overlaps in the reconstruction.

Additional Information

© 1993 Geological Society of America. Manuscript received by the Society July 7, 1992; Manuscript accepted July 7, 1992. Funding was provided by National Science Foundation grant EAR-92-04868.

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