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Cross sections across the Moab fault system in the <span class="search-highlight">Courthouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Rock</span>–Mill Can...

Cross sections across the Moab fault system in the Courthouse Rock–Mill Can...

Published: 01 May 2009
Figure 6 Cross sections across the Moab fault system in the Courthouse Rock–Mill Canyon area showing the distribution of diagenetic alteration products in relation to the fault structure. Numbers refer to fault segments as shown in Figure 2 . Estimates of fault throw are indicated in meters. See
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Geologic map of the Moab fault system in the <span class="search-highlight">Courthouse</span> <span class="search-highlight">Rock</span>–Mill Canyon ar...

Geologic map of the Moab fault system in the Courthouse Rock–Mill Canyon ar...

Published: 01 May 2009
Figure 2 Geologic map of the Moab fault system in the Courthouse Rock–Mill Canyon area. Fault segments are numbered for reference in the text; segment 2 is further divided into three subsegments (2a, 2b, and 2c) by two right steps. The fault structure is from Davatzes et al., 2005 .
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(a) Zone of deformation bands along the main trace of fault segment 1. The ...

(a) Zone of deformation bands along the main trace of fault segment 1. The ...

Published: 01 May 2009
) Sandstone of the Moab Tongue member cemented by poikilotopic calcite in a calcite concretion at Courthouse Rock. Hydrocarbon (HC) fills remnant pore space. Some hydrocarbons are replaced by micritic malachite. (f) Microbial mats in vein calcite within the Cedar Mountain Formation 120 m (394 ft) northwest
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(a) Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of fault and vein calcite cement...

(a) Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of fault and vein calcite cement...

Published: 01 May 2009
Figure 11 (a) Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of fault and vein calcite cement, calcite concretions, and pore-filling calcite cement within cement halos along fractures. Additional analyses by Chan et al. (2000) for vein cement in the Courthouse Rock area (open diamonds) and by Garden
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A: Raman spectra for a fluid inclusion in quartz overgrowth with peaks at e...

A: Raman spectra for a fluid inclusion in quartz overgrowth with peaks at e...

Published: 01 June 2012
, calcite concretions, and pore-filling calcite cements in bleached sandstones from Courthouse Rock and the Moab fault, Utah ( Chan et al., 2000 ; Garden et al., 2001 ; Eichhubl et al., 2009 ). VPDB—Vienna Peedee belemnite; VSMOW—Vienna standard mean ocean water.
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Elastic boundary element model illustrating the magnitude of the least prin...

Elastic boundary element model illustrating the magnitude of the least prin...

Published: 01 May 2009
Figure 12 Elastic boundary element model illustrating the magnitude of the least principal stress around a fault intersection. Fault geometry is selected to approximate the geometry observed at Courthouse Rock ( Figure 5 ). Orientation and magnitudes of the loading stress state were chosen
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Structural and diagenetic control of fluid migration and cementation along the Moab fault, Utah

Peter Eichhubl, Nicholas C. Davatz, Stephen P. Becker
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 May 2009
AAPG Bulletin (2009) 93 (5): 653–681.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/02180908080
...Figure 6 Cross sections across the Moab fault system in the Courthouse Rock–Mill Canyon area showing the distribution of diagenetic alteration products in relation to the fault structure. Numbers refer to fault segments as shown in Figure 2 . Estimates of fault throw are indicated in meters. See...
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Location map and study area in Grand County, near Moab, Utah.Solid black ci...

Location map and study area in Grand County, near Moab, Utah.Solid black ci...

Published: 01 September 2000
Flat (38°44 ′ 04N, 109°56 ′ 43W), DT = Determination Towers ( ∼ 38°41 ′ N, 109°45 ′ W), CR = Courthouse Rock (38°42 ′ 35N, 109°43 ′ 44W), LV = Little Valley (38°36 ′ 04 ′ N, 108°40 ′ 15W), CT = Castleton Tower (38°40 ′ 07 ′ N, 109°23 ′ 48 ′ W), AR = Arches (38°37 ′ 13 ′ N, 109°38 ′ 10 ′ W), DW
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Eocene fault-controlled fluid flow and mineralization in the Paradox Basin, United States

Lydia R. Bailey, Jason Kirk, Sidney R. Hemming, Robert W. Krantz, Peter W. Reiners
Journal: Geology
Published: 22 November 2021
Geology (2022) 50 (3): 326–330.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G49466.1
... (southwestern USA; light gray area) and sample locations (yellow stars). SV—Salt Valley fault; CF—Courthouse fault; RR—Rainbow Rocks; MF—Moab fault; KS—Kane Springs fault; LV—Lisbon Valley mine (GTO, Keystone, Lisbon Valley faults); CM—Cashin mine (Cliffdweller fault). After Barton et al. (2018...
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Fault interaction in porous sandstone and implications for reservoir management; examples from southern Utah

Haakon Fossen, Tord Erlend Skeie Johansen, Jonny Hesthammer, Atle Rotevatn
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 December 2005
AAPG Bulletin (2005) 89 (12): 1593–1606.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/07290505041
... or synthetic to the fault. The area where the Courthouse fault joins the Moab fault is located close to Courthouse rock to the north-northwest of Moab, Utah ( Figures 9 , 10 ) (see Davatzes and Aydin, 2003 ; Johansen et al., in press , for a more detailed description and discussion). This area...
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Outline of the Paradox Basin (southwestern USA; light gray area) and sample...

Outline of the Paradox Basin (southwestern USA; light gray area) and sample...

Published: 22 November 2021
Figure 1. Outline of the Paradox Basin (southwestern USA; light gray area) and sample locations (yellow stars). SV—Salt Valley fault; CF—Courthouse fault; RR—Rainbow Rocks; MF—Moab fault; KS—Kane Springs fault; LV—Lisbon Valley mine (GTO, Keystone, Lisbon Valley faults); CM—Cashin mine
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Big Spring Cave, beneath the <span class="search-highlight">courthouse</span> in Huntsville, Alabama. (left) Part...

Big Spring Cave, beneath the courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama. (left) Part...

Published: 09 February 2016
Fig. 20. Big Spring Cave, beneath the courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama. (left) Part of the width of the main passage, where beds of the nearly horizontal limestone have fallen from the roof, so that the open space is now on top of slabs stacked 5 m deep. (right) A steel-cased, bored pile
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Pewamo Formation in building stones, abandoned quarries, and outcrop. A) ...

Pewamo Formation in building stones, abandoned quarries, and outcrop. A) ...

Published: 01 July 2011
Figure 2 Pewamo Formation in building stones, abandoned quarries, and outcrop. A) Blanchard House, built by original quarry owner in 1886, in Ionia, Michigan. B) Ionia County Courthouse, Ionia, Michigan, built 1883 to 1886. C) Decorative facing stone in Shepherd, Michigan. D) Low-angle
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Nomenclature of Uppermost Eagle Ford Formation in Northeastern Texas: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

C. L. McNulty, Jr.
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 February 1966
AAPG Bulletin (1966) 50 (2): 375–379.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/5D25B491-16C1-11D7-8645000102C1865D
..., due east of the county courthouse in Sherman, Texas, about 200 yards south of U. S. Highway 82, and 0.25 mile east of Blue Creek. The school actually is located on the Austin Formation, and the nearest exposure of the Maribel Member is about 0.25 mile across and on the north side of Highway 82...
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Ambient Vibration Modal Analysis of Natural Rock Towers and Fins

Riley Finnegan, Jeffrey R. Moore, Paul R. Geimer, Alex Dzubay, Erin K. Bessette‐Kirton, Jackson Bodtker, Kathryn Vollinger
Published: 16 February 2022
Seismological Research Letters (2022) 93 (3): 1777–1786.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210325
...Riley Finnegan; Jeffrey R. Moore; Paul R. Geimer; Alex Dzubay; Erin K. Bessette‐Kirton; Jackson Bodtker; Kathryn Vollinger Abstract The dynamic properties of freestanding rock towers are important inputs for seismic stability and vibration hazard assessments, however data describing the natural...
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Regional Geophysical Studies in Salt Valley-Cisco Area, Utah and Colorado

H. R. Joesting, J. E. Case
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 October 1962
AAPG Bulletin (1962) 46 (10): 1879–1889.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/BC7438F9-16BE-11D7-8645000102C1865D
... southwest of Cisco, Utah, indicate that the buried structural front of the ancestral Uncompahgre uplift has a relief of about 12,000 feet in a relatively narrow zone. Magnetic and gravity data further indicate that a buried ridge or salient of comparatively strongly magnetic Precambrian rocks extends...
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Geology and Structure of Portions of Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah

H. W. C. Prommel
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 July 1923
AAPG Bulletin (1923) 7 (4): 384–399.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/3D932633-16B1-11D7-8645000102C1865D
... changes to that of a nearly featureless plain ( Fig. 1 ). Fig. 1. The rocks covering the surface of the area range from the Hermosa formation of Pennsylvanian age to the Mancos shale of Cretaceous age and make up a stratigraphic column over 5,000 feet thick in which not less than seven...
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Pliocene subsurface fluid flow driven by rapid erosional exhumation of the Colorado Plateau, southwestern USA

Lydia R. Bailey, Peter W. Reiners, Grant Ferguson, Jennifer McIntosh, Ji-Hyun Kim, Sidney Hemming
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 08 March 2024
Geosphere (2024) 20 (2): 621–645.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02634.1
... of flow of inferred reductive fluids and presence of redox fronts at the discharge end of a flow system, we also sampled a Mn-oxide deposit exposed along the main segment of the Moab fault (sample 19LBPB12), ~800 m from Courthouse Rock, and a Mn-oxide deposit exposed along the axis of the Courthouse...
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Ground Motion Amplification at Natural Rock Arches in the Colorado Plateau

Riley Finnegan, Jeffrey R. Moore, Paul R. Geimer, Erin K. Bessette‐Kirton, Alex Dzubay
Published: 07 July 2022
The Seismic Record (2022) 2 (3): 156–166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0320220017
...Riley Finnegan; Jeffrey R. Moore; Paul R. Geimer; Erin K. Bessette‐Kirton; Alex Dzubay Abstract Thousands of rock arches are situated within the central Colorado Plateau—a region experiencing small‐ to moderate‐magnitude contemporary seismicity. Recent anthropogenic activity has substantially...
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Seismological notes

Published: 01 October 1952
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1952) 42 (4): 373–383.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0420040373
... caused a rock burst 8,000 feet down in the Robinson Deep Turf gold mine, killing six native workmen. Three others are missing. Fiji Islands region, July 4, 1952The Survey reports an earthquake at 04 h 46m 01 ~, G.C.T., with preliminary epicenter 201~° S, 1 7 8 ~ ° W, and depth of focus about 600 km...
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