Geological Studies in the Klamath Mountains Province, California and Oregon: A volume in honor of William P. Irwin

Ediacaran cyclomedusoids and the paleogeographic setting of the Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic Yreka and Trinity terranes, eastern Klamath Mountains, California
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Published:January 01, 2006
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Nancy Lindsley-Griffin, John R. Griffin, Jack D. Farmer, Eric A. Sivers, Brian Bruckno, Mary K. Tozer, 2006. "Ediacaran cyclomedusoids and the paleogeographic setting of the Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic Yreka and Trinity terranes, eastern Klamath Mountains, California", Geological Studies in the Klamath Mountains Province, California and Oregon: A volume in honor of William P. Irwin, Arthur W. Snoke, Calvin G. Barnes
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Newly recognized fossil cyclomedusoids from the Yreka terrane include Ediacaria sp. and Beltanella sp. They are typical of the Ediacaran fossil assemblage, range from 640 to 575 Ma, and thus are latest Neoproterozoic (Vendian) in age. The Yreka terrane structurally overlies the Trinity terrane, which also includes Vendian rocks. The Yreka terrane is a polygenetic stack of sedimentary and metasedimentary thrust sheets consisting of the Vendian Antelope Mountain Quartzite, Siluro-Devonian turbidites (trench fill), lower Paleozoic mélanges (accretionary complexes), and the Lower Devonian Gazelle Formation (trench-slope basin deposits). The Trinity terrane is a polygenetic mafic-ultramafic complex consisting of multiple mantle tectonite...
- biogeography
- depositional environment
- Ediacaran
- faults
- foliation
- kinematics
- Klamath Mountains
- lineation
- lower Paleozoic
- melange
- Neoproterozoic
- paleogeography
- paleolatitude
- paleomagnetism
- Paleozoic
- plate convergence
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- strike-slip faults
- structural analysis
- terranes
- United States
- upper Precambrian
- Vendian
- volcanism
- Yreka Terrane
- Trinity Terrane
- Antelope Mountain Quartzite
- Ediacaria
- Beltanella
- Gregg Ranch Complex
- Cyclomedusoidea