Low-angle normal-fault system along the range front of the southwestern Galiuro Mountains in southeastern Arizona

Research Article| August 01, 1987 Low-angle normal-fault system along the range front of the southwestern Galiuro Mountains in southeastern Arizona William R. Dickinson; William R. Dickinson 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Thomas C. Goodlin; Thomas C. Goodlin 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jeffrey A. Grover; Jeffrey A. Grover 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Roger A. Mark; Roger A. Mark 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Muhammad Shafiqullah Muhammad Shafiqullah 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information William R. Dickinson 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Thomas C. Goodlin 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Jeffrey A. Grover 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Roger A. Mark 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Muhammad Shafiqullah 1Laboratory of Geotectonics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1987) 15 (8): 727–730. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<727:LNSATR>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation William R. Dickinson, Thomas C. Goodlin, Jeffrey A. Grover, Roger A. Mark, Muhammad Shafiqullah; Low-angle normal-fault system along the range front of the southwestern Galiuro Mountains in southeastern Arizona. Geology 1987;; 15 (8): 727–730. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<727:LNSATR>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Neogene erosion along the southwestern flank of the Galiuro Mountains in the Basin and Range province of southeastern Arizona has exposed multiple strands of a mid-Tertiary low-angle normal-fault system that offsets Oligocene-Miocene and older strata. This fault system along the range front is overlain unconformably by onlapping Miocene-Pliocene basin fill but forms the structural boundary between the Galiuro range and the adjacent San Pedro trough, and it served as the breakaway zone for the extensional detachment system associated with the nearby Catalina-Rincon core complex. Younger high-angle normal faults of comparatively modest displacement cut various strands of the low-angle normal-fault system and locally displace basin fill. The antiquity and nature of the Galiuro range front challenge the common assumption that all morphologically prominent blocks of the Basin and Range province are young relief features bounded by high-angle normal faults. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.