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Pre- Basin and Range Magmetism

Pre- Basin and Range Magmetism. Jody Becker Kelsii Dana (Team Awesome). Background. Geologic record in the High Lava Plains: >19 Ma- intermediate composition volcanism 19-17 Ma- magmatic hiatus 17-14 Ma- bimodal volcanism; Steens , N NV Rift, and CRB basalts, NW B&R rhyolitic activity

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Pre- Basin and Range Magmetism

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  1. Pre- Basin and Range Magmetism Jody Becker Kelsii Dana (Team Awesome)

  2. Background • Geologic record in the High Lava Plains: • >19 Ma- intermediate composition volcanism • 19-17 Ma- magmatic hiatus • 17-14 Ma- bimodal volcanism; Steens, N NV Rift, and CRB basalts, NW B&R rhyolitic activity • 13-11 Ma- volcanism focused to High Lava Plains, W Owyhee Plateau • <10 Ma- High Lava Plains/NW B&R basalt and age-progressive rhyolite eruptions

  3. Pre-Basin and Range Magmatism • Intermediate composition magmatism • Shallow subduction, delamination of slab • Extreme extension, low angle faulting • Magma mixing • Ignimbrite • Shallow-slab subduction • Delaminating subducting plate • Region potentially affected by Yellowstone hotspot

  4. Coleman Hills • 22 Ma Composite Volcano heavily eroded, Miocene dikes, sills, volcaniclastic sed. exposed • Mafic dikes vesicular with glassy margins • Irregular contacts between sills and contact breccia • Dunes in lithic tuff containing ash and reworked lithics • Rhyolitic deposits in shallow water-filled basin, injected with mafic dikes.

  5. Simplified Geology of Coleman Hills

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