RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Heterogeneity in the Evolution of Foreland Basin Systems: A Case Study of the Late Paleozoic Foreland, Nevada

与长寿造山带相邻的前陆盆地是对零星或持续的地壳变形的响应而形成的。这种演化被记录在地层记录中，反映了隆起、盆地内褶皱和断层的发育以及盆地沉降的时空变化。这项研究将研究内华达州晚古生代前陆，重点是沿盆地轴线的长剖面网络，以及包含的不整合、构造和记录前陆对长期构造作用的响应的独特地层包。结果应有助于描绘沿前陆和随时间变化的造山过程风格的差异，并应为制定严格的地层学方法以评估长期前陆盆地系统的构造史提供基础。

Foreland basins adjacent to long-lived orogenic belts evolved in response to sporadic or continued crustal deformation. This evolution is recorded in the stratigraphic record and reflects the spatial and temporal variation in uplifts, the development of intrabasinal folds and faults, and basin subsidence. This study will examine the Late Paleozoic foreland in Nevada by focusing on a network of long sections along the axis of the basin and the included unconformities, structures and distinctive stratal packages that record how the foreland responded to the long-lived tectonism. Results should help delineate differences in style of orogenic processes along the foreland and through time and should provide the basis of developing a rigorous stratigraphic approach to the assessment of the tectonic histories for long-lived foreland basin systems.