Testing the Extensional Detachment Paradigm: A Borehole Observatory in the Sevier Desert Basin
- Lead PI: Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick , Beatrice Magnani, M.H. Anders
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Unit Affiliation: Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- Unknown start date - Ongoing
- Active
- North America ; Sevier Desert Basin, UT ; Death Valley, CA ; Nevada ; Arizona ; Utah ; Idaho
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION:
Nicholas Christie-Blick is a lead proponent for an International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) initiative to test the extensional detachment paradigm in the Sevier Desert basin, Utah. A priority in 2019-20, in conjunction with Prof. M. Beatrice Magnani at Southern Methodist University, is to seek funds to acquire geophysical data to evaluate the character of the sub-Tertiary contact, and to provide 3-D context for a coring project at the ARCO Hole-in-Rock #1 well.
They continue to work at several other locations in the Basin and Range Province: the Death Valley region of eastern California; adjacent parts of Nevada, Arizona and Utah; and southeastern Idaho.