Sedimentary Record of Extensional Tectonics: Mid-Tertiary Strata of the Colorado River Region, California and Arizona

同张性沉积矿床提供了地球表面对地壳拉伸反应的重要记录。本项目将利用科罗拉多河伸展走廊的同张性沉积岩，评估最近提出的三种拆离（伸展）断层演化模型，并确定该地区的断层分离和古地理。研究结果对大陆伸展构造学具有重要意义。

Synextensional sedimentary deposits provide an important record of the Earth's surface response to crustal stretching. This project will use the synextensional sedimentary rocks of the Colorado River extensional corridor to evaluate three recently proposed models for detachment (extensional) fault evolution, and to determine fault separation and paleogeography of the region. The results will have important implications for continental extensional tectonics.