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Great Plains
Basement domain in the Central and Southwest
Geologic information
Region
Central and Southwest
Alternate names
Yavapai
Crust
Type:
Lateral-extensional orogen
Formation age:
1800-1720 Ma
Accretion
Age:
1.71-1.68 Ga
Geographic extent
Apache
,
Coconino
,
Gila
,
Maricopa
,
Navajo
,
Yavapai
,
Adams
,
Alamosa
,
Arapahoe
,
Archuleta
,
Baca
,
Bent
,
Boulder
,
Broomfield
,
Chaffee
,
Cheyenne
,
Clear Creek
,
Conejos
,
Costilla
,
Crowley
,
Custer
,
Delta
,
Denver
,
Dolores
,
Douglas
,
Eagle
,
Elbert
,
El Paso
,
Fremont
,
Garfield
,
Gilpin
,
Grand
,
Gunnison
,
Hinsdale
,
Huerfano
,
Jackson
,
Jefferson
,
Kiowa
,
Kit Carson
,
Lake
,
La Plata
,
Larimer
,
Las Animas
,
Lincoln
,
Logan
,
Mesa
,
Mineral
,
Moffat
,
Montezuma
,
Montrose
,
Morgan
,
Otero
,
Ouray
,
Park
,
Phillips
,
Pitkin
,
Prowers
,
Pueblo
,
Rio Blanco
,
Rio Grande
,
Routt
,
Saguache
,
San Juan
,
San Miguel
,
Sedgwick
,
Summit
,
Teller
,
Washington
,
Weld
,
Yuma
,
Jo Daviess
,
Allamakee
,
Appanoose
,
Benton
,
Buena Vista
,
Calhoun
,
Cedar
,
Cherokee
,
Clarke
,
Clay
,
Clayton
,
Clinton
,
Crawford
,
Davis
,
Decatur
,
Delaware
,
Dickinson
,
Dubuque
,
Emmet
,
Fremont
,
Hancock
,
Harrison
,
Humboldt
,
Ida
,
Iowa
,
Jackson
,
Jefferson
,
Johnson
,
Jones
,
Keokuk
,
Kossuth
,
Linn
,
Lucas
,
Mahaska
,
Marion
,
Monona
,
Monroe
,
Muscatine
,
O'Brien
,
Palo Alto
,
Plymouth
,
Pocahontas
,
Poweshiek
,
Ringgold
,
Sac
,
Sioux
,
Tama
,
Taylor
,
Union
,
Wapello
,
Warren
,
Washington
,
Wayne
,
Winnebago
,
Woodbury
,
Barton
,
Brown
,
Cheyenne
,
Cloud
,
Decatur
,
Ellis
,
Ellsworth
,
Finney
,
Ford
,
Gove
,
Graham
,
Grant
,
Gray
,
Greeley
,
Hamilton
,
Haskell
,
Hodgeman
,
Jewell
,
Kearny
,
Lane
,
Lincoln
,
Logan
,
Mitchell
,
Morton
,
Nemaha
,
Ness
,
Norton
,
Osborne
,
Ottawa
,
Pawnee
,
Phillips
,
Rawlins
,
Republic
,
Rooks
,
Rush
,
Russell
,
Scott
,
Seward
,
Sheridan
,
Sherman
,
Smith
,
Stanton
,
Stevens
,
Thomas
,
Trego
,
Wallace
,
Washington
,
Wichita
,
Alcona
,
Alpena
,
Antrim
,
Benzie
,
Clare
,
Crawford
,
Grand Traverse
,
Lake
,
Leelanau
,
Manistee
,
Mason
,
Mecosta
,
Missaukee
,
Montmorency
,
Newaygo
,
Oceana
,
Ogemaw
,
Osceola
,
Oscoda
,
Otsego
,
Roscommon
,
Wexford
,
Faribault
,
Houston
,
Martin
,
Winona
,
Andrew
,
Atchison
,
Daviess
,
DeKalb
,
Gentry
,
Harrison
,
Holt
,
Mercer
,
Nodaway
,
Putnam
,
Worth
,
Adams
,
Antelope
,
Arthur
,
Banner
,
Blaine
,
Boone
,
Box Butte
,
Brown
,
Buffalo
,
Burt
,
Butler
,
Cedar
,
Chase
,
Cherry
,
Cheyenne
,
Clay
,
Colfax
,
Cuming
,
Custer
,
Dakota
,
Dawes
,
Dawson
,
Deuel
,
Dixon
,
Dodge
,
Dundy
,
Fillmore
,
Franklin
,
Frontier
,
Furnas
,
Gage
,
Garden
,
Garfield
,
Gosper
,
Grant
,
Greeley
,
Hall
,
Hamilton
,
Harlan
,
Hayes
,
Hitchcock
,
Holt
,
Hooker
,
Howard
,
Jefferson
,
Johnson
,
Kearney
,
Keith
,
Kimball
,
Lancaster
,
Lincoln
,
Logan
,
Loup
,
McPherson
,
Madison
,
Merrick
,
Morrill
,
Nance
,
Nemaha
,
Nuckolls
,
Otoe
,
Pawnee
,
Perkins
,
Phelps
,
Pierce
,
Platte
,
Polk
,
Red Willow
,
Richardson
,
Rock
,
Saline
,
Saunders
,
Scotts Bluff
,
Seward
,
Sheridan
,
Sherman
,
Sioux
,
Stanton
,
Thayer
,
Thomas
,
Thurston
,
Valley
,
Washington
,
Wayne
,
Webster
,
Wheeler
,
York
,
Colfax
,
Harding
,
Los Alamos
,
McKinley
,
Mora
,
Rio Arriba
,
Sandoval
,
San Juan
,
San Miguel
,
Santa Fe
,
Taos
,
Union
,
Cimarron
,
Texas
,
Bennett
,
Clay
,
Shannon
,
Todd
,
Tripp
,
Dallam
,
Emery
,
Garfield
,
Grand
,
Kane
,
San Juan
,
Uintah
,
Wayne
,
Adams
,
Brown
,
Calumet
,
Columbia
,
Crawford
,
Dane
,
Dodge
,
Fond du Lac
,
Grant
,
Green
,
Green Lake
,
Iowa
,
Jefferson
,
Juneau
,
Kewaunee
,
La Crosse
,
Lafayette
,
Manitowoc
,
Marquette
,
Monroe
,
Outagamie
,
Ozaukee
,
Portage
,
Richland
,
Sauk
,
Sheboygan
,
Trempealeau
,
Vernon
,
Washington
,
Waupaca
,
Waushara
,
Winnebago
,
Wood
,
Albany
,
Carbon
,
Goshen
,
Laramie
,
Platte
Bibliographic references
Sims, P.K., Kisvarsanyi, E.B., and Morey, G.B., 1987, Geology and metallogeny of Archean and Proterozoic basement terranes in the northern midcontinent, U.S.A.—An overview: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1815, 51 p.
Carlson, M.P., 2007, Precambrian accretionary history and Phanerozoic structures—A unified explanation for the tectonic architecture of the Nebraska region, USA, in Hatcher, R.D., Jr., Carlson, M.P., McBride, J.H., and Martínez Catalán, J.R., eds., 4-D Framework of Continental Crust: Geological Society of America Memoir 200, p. 321–326, doi: 10.1130/2007.1200(15).
Whitmeyer, S.J., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2007, Tectonic model for Proterozoic growth of North America: Geosphere, v. 3, p. 220–259; doi: 10.1130/GES00055.1.