Collaborative Proposal: Magnetostratigraphy, Depositional Patterns and Temporal Evolution of a Piggyback Basin, SevierOrogenic Belt, Central Utah

这项研究将整合以下领域： 磁性地层学、沉积学、生物地层学和构造 地质学来分析白垩纪晚期到第三纪早期 沉积盆地，这里称为Axhandle盆地， 位于犹他州中部的一个活跃的逆冲断层之上 该分析将 确定几何形状、沉积模式和沉积作用 在发生缩短的时间内， 下伏的逆冲系统 因此，时间和 可以解释逆冲系统的缩短历史， 与类似的地质构造类似物相比， 喜马拉雅山和比利牛斯山的第三纪。 了解这些盆地的构造和沉积作用， 帮助寻找碳氢化合物资源。

This research will integrate the fields of magnetostratigraphy, sedimentology, biostratigraphy andstructural geology to analyze a latest Cretaceous to early Tertiary sedimentary basin, here termed the Axhandle Basin, that developed atop an active thrust sheet in central Utah. The analysis will define the geometry, sedimentation patterns and sedimentation rates of the basin during the time that shortening occurred on the underlying thrust system. As a result, the timing and shortening history of the thrust system may be interpreted and compared with similarly well dated tectonic analogues such as those in the Tertiary of the Himalaya and Pyrenees. Understanding the tectonics and sedimentation of such basins will aid the search for hydrocarbon resources.