<b>Robert Mountains Allochthon</b>, Eureka County, Nevada.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Robert Mountains Allochthon, Eureka County, Nevada.

Gazetteer Query: See also: Great Basin. Roberts Mountains.
	The Roberts Mountains allochthon is a thick, structurally complex succession of Cambrian to Devonian largely siliciclastic, basinal strata that are widespread in the north-central Nevada and Robert Mountains structurally overlie a relatively shallow-water, coeval, autochthonous, largely carbonate succession. The Roberts Mountains of central Nevada is a classical geological area, where the Roberts Mountains Thrust was first recognized almost 70 years ago. This structural relationship, subsequently mapped in other mountain ranges, is the primary record of the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian Antler Orogeny, the first major orogenic event to affect the Cordilleran margin of Laurentia in the Paleozoic (Finney, 2005). Elevation: 0ft, 0m. Literature Referring To This Location: Colpron, Maurice, JoAnne L. Nelson, and Donald C. Murphy. 2007. Northern Cordilleran terranes and their interactions through time. GSA Today. 17(4/5):4-10. {TAS} Dickinson, W. R. 2006. Geotectonic evolution of the Great Basin. Geosphere. 2(7):353-368. {TAS-pdf} Finney, S. C. 2005. Stratigraphy and Structure of the Roberts Mountains Allochthon. http://www.cnsm.csulb.edu/departments/geology/research/robertmountainsallochthon.shtml
	No collections made at this location.
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