Rocky Mountain fault system
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The Rocky Mountain fault system is a major network of geological faults along the Rocky Mountains that has shaped the region’s topography and tectonic evolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault system
ⓘ
tectonic structure ⓘ |
| age | main activity from Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
earthquake hazards in the Rocky Mountain region
ⓘ
seismicity in the Intermountain West ⓘ |
| controls |
basin-and-range style basins adjacent to ranges
ⓘ
mountain front morphology ⓘ |
| formedDuring |
Cenozoic extension
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Laramide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevier orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Absaroka Range faults
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Bighorn Mountains faults ⓘ Foothills fault and fold belt (Canadian Rockies) NERFINISHED ⓘ Front Range faults ⓘ Front Ranges thrust faults (Canadian Rockies) ⓘ Gallatin Range faults ⓘ Laramie Mountains faults ⓘ Lewis thrust fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison Range faults NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande rift–related faults ⓘ San Juan Mountains faults NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawatch Range faults NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevier thrust belt–related faults ⓘ Teton fault NERFINISHED ⓘ Uinta Mountains faults NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasatch fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Wind River Range faults ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpact |
controls hydrocarbon traps in foreland basins
ⓘ
influences groundwater and geothermal systems ⓘ |
| hasGeologicProcess |
block uplift
ⓘ
crustal extension ⓘ crustal shortening ⓘ normal faulting ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
seismology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| influences |
tectonic evolution of the Rocky Mountain region
ⓘ
topography of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Cordilleran orogenic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
intraplate deformation of the North American craton
ⓘ
subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath North America ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | western margin of North American Plate ⓘ |
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