Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition

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geologic boundary zone tectonic transition zone

The Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition is a geologic boundary zone in the southwestern United States where the highly extended Basin and Range Province meets the relatively stable, uplifted Colorado Plateau, producing complex faulting, volcanism, and varied topography.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Colorado Plateau margin 1
Great Basin–Colorado Plateau transition zone 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic boundary zone ⓘ
tectonic transition zone ⓘ
associatedWith Cenozoic tectonism ⓘ
Cenozoic volcanism ⓘ
lithospheric thinning ⓘ
uplift of Colorado Plateau ⓘ
boundedBy Basin and Range Province to the west NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado Plateau to the east ⓘ
characterizedBy complex faulting ⓘ
varied topography ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
geologicAge primarily Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicProcess block faulting ⓘ
crustal extension ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
hasGradientIn crustal thickness ⓘ
heat flow ⓘ
lithospheric strength ⓘ
hasStructure accommodation zones ⓘ
high-angle normal faults ⓘ
listric normal faults ⓘ
transfer zones ⓘ
hasTopography basins and ranges ⓘ
escarpments ⓘ
high-standing plateaus ⓘ
steep physiographic gradients ⓘ
hasVolcanicFeature basaltic lava flows ⓘ
cinder cones ⓘ
monogenetic volcanic fields ⓘ
small stratovolcanoes ⓘ
importantFor seismic hazard assessment in the southwestern United States ⓘ
studies of plateau uplift mechanisms ⓘ
understanding continental extension ⓘ
influences distribution of sedimentary basins ⓘ
regional drainage patterns ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
overprints Paleozoic sedimentary sequences ⓘ
older Proterozoic basement structures ⓘ
partOf interior western North America ⓘ
separates Basin and Range Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedBy structural geologists ⓘ
tectonophysicists ⓘ
volcanologists ⓘ
tectonicStyleContrastBetween highly extended crust of Basin and Range Province ⓘ
relatively stable Colorado Plateau ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Francisco volcanic field → relatedTo → Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition ⓘ
Piute County, Utah → isInPhysiographicRegion → Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin–Colorado Plateau transition zone
Plains of San Agustin → partOf → Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau margin