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Origin of false components of NRM during conventional stepwise thermal demagnetization
The Steens Formation, or Steens Basalt, is formally recognized as the oldest lithostratigraphic unit of the Columbia River Basalt Group, with an estimated areal extent and volume of 53,000 km 2 and 31,800 km 3 , respectively. We integrate petrochemical, paleomagnetic, and 40 Ar- 39 Ar age data on 13 collected sections to help evaluate stratigraphic and petrogenetic relationships through the Steens succession. We estimate that the overall duration of Steens Basalt volcanism from lingering eruptions could be as much as 300,000 yr, centered at ca. 16.7 Ma, but that the far greater volume erupted in <50,000 yr at an effusion rate ~0.67 km 3 /yr. Lava flows of primitive, homogeneous tholeiite initially erupted over a wide expanse of eastern Oregon during a reversed polarity interval (R 0 ). Later eruptions became more focused at the presumed shield volcano at Steens Mountain, where dikes exploited a NNE-trending zone of crustal weakness related to the northeast extension of the mid-Cretaceous western Nevada shear zone. The Steens Mountain shield volcano generated increasingly more diverse flows of tholeiite, alkali basalt, and basaltic trachyandesite that erupted during a geomagnetic polarity transition culminating in upper flows of normal polarity (N 0 ). The Steens sequence is dominated by compound flows (~10–50 m thick) produced by the rapid eruption of thin (<2 m) pahoehoe flow lobes. Analysis of these stacked sequences in the Catlow Peak section reveals periodic recharge of the magma chamber and ubiquitous fractional crystallization of plagioclase and olivine in each compound flow, accommodated by plagioclase accumulation and selective crustal contamination. The overall flood basalt stratigraphy records a rapid and progressive change in eruption style, from the early, near-continuous eruptions of small-volume Steens Basalt flows to later, more episodic eruptions of large-volume, tabular flows comprising the Imnaha, Grande Ronde, and Picture Gorge Basalts.
Initial impingement of the Yellowstone plume located by widespread silicic volcanism contemporaneous with Columbia River flood basalts
ABSTRACT Steens Mountain, a fault-block in the northern Basin and Range Province, rises 1.7 km above flanking basins and drives hydrologic systems that include hot springs, fresh-water streams, and cold artesian wells in the Alvord Valley. It also feeds freshwater streams, desert wetlands, and shallow fresh-water and alkali lakes in the Harney Basin. Steens Mountain melt water from the winter snow pack partitions to surface-water and groundwater systems. How the composition of these fluids evolve along the various flow paths as a result of differences in the geology, interaction with geother-mal aquifers, surface storage time, degree of evaporation, and biology will be examined. Deep-seated flow paths feed Alvord Valley hot springs, which discharge to the east, in the rain shadow of Steens Mountain. The largest of these hot spring systems— Borax Lake—along with features at Mickey Hot Springs, offer ample opportunity to investigate how biosignatures form and become preserved in hydrothermally precipitated sinter deposits. Surface water moving off the westward-dipping slope of Steens Mountain passes through wetland environments to Malheur Lake in Harney Basin. This key point along the Pacific flyway provides wonderful wildlife viewing and the chance to ponder the impacts of biology on lake chemistry. Finally, we will visit the saline-alkaline Harney Lake, the terminal sump for the water moving through Malheur Lake and all of the nearly 40,000 km 2 Harney Basin. At this locale, the focus will be on the influence of evaporative processes on water composition.
ABSTRACT A large part of the northwestern United States has undergone extensive late Cenozoic magmatic activity yielding one of the great continental volcanic provinces on Earth. Within this broader area lies the High Lava Plains province, the focus of this field guide. For our purposes, the High Lava Plains is a middle and late Cenozoic volcanic upland, contiguous with and gradational into the Basin and Range province to the south. The High Lava Plains province of southeastern Oregon is characterized by thin, widespread Miocene-Pleistocene lava flows of primitive basalt and a belt of silicic eruptive centers. The rhyolitic rocks generally are successively younger to the northwest, describing a mirror image to the basalt plateau and rhyolite age progression of the Snake River Plain. The High Lava Plains is associated with a zone of numerous, small northwest-striking faults and lies at the northern limit of major Basin and Range normal faults. The abundant late Cenozoic bimodal volcanism occupies an enigmatic intracontinental tectonic setting affected by Cascadia subduction, Basin and Range extension, the Yellowstone plume, and lithospheric topography at the edge of the North American craton. The purpose of this field trip is to focus on the late Cenozoic lithospheric evolution of this region, through the lens of the High Lava Plains, by considering structural, geophysical, petrologic, and temporal perspectives. A grand tour southeast from Bend to Valley Falls, north to Burns, and then east to Venator, Oregon, takes participants from the eastern edge of the Cascade volcanic arc, across several basins and ranges in eastern Oregon, and onto the volcanic plateau of the High Lava Plains. Day 1 provides an overview of Newberry Volcano and the western edge of Basin and Range, including the Ana River and Summer Lake fault zones. On Day 2, the early magmatic and extensional history of the region is explored along the Abert Rim range-front fault. Participants are introduced to the bimodal volcanism within the High Lava Plains, with focus on the Harney Basin and Rattlesnake ignimbrite event. An evening session will highlight geophysical results from the High Lava Plains, including new data from one of the largest active-source seismic experiments to be conducted in North America. Day 3 activities examine early bimodal volcanic history of the eastern High Lava Plains and the late Miocene and Pliocene subsidence history on the east edge of the Harney Basin east of Burns, Oregon.
Late Quaternary Paleoseismology of the Southern Steens Fault Zone, Northern Nevada
Paleolake shoreline sequencing using ground penetrating radar: Lake Alvord, Oregon, and Nevada
Field, map, and aerial photoreconnaissance in the Lake Alvord basin has focused on identifying late Pleistocene depositional shoreline features (e.g., tombolos, spits, barriers). Features in different areas of the basin are well defined, and their spatial extents are easily mapped; however, absolute—or even relative—ages of shoreline features are not clear. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to distinguish between intermediate and highstand stage shorelines during what is thought to have been the latest Pleistocene, threshold-controlled lake cycle. Radar transects of 280 and 600 m imaged a spit and a baymouth barrier at sites in the northeastern quadrant of the basin where transects were aligned normal to the strike of each depositional geomorphic feature. Signal penetration with 100 MHz antennas was shallow (∼4 m), but resolution was sufficient to locate and identify gross morphostratigraphic features. Flooding surfaces are shown to correspond to intermediate stage lake surface elevations, and the absence of a flooding surface at the elevation of the highest shoreline indicates this to be the maximum lake surface elevation during this cycle. Elevations of intermediate lake stage elevations and highstand stage elevations were consistent at the two sites, with the highstand elevations corresponding closely to the basin threshold at Big Sand Gap. These data provide a first-order approximation of lake stage sequence and the degree of postdepositional neotectonic activity and illustrate the utility of GPR when used in context with field measurements in distinguishing transgressive and highstand features.
Imaging complex structure in shallow seismic-reflection data using prestack depth migration
Rapid transport pathways for geothermal fluids in an active Great Basin fault zone
Ages of the Steens and Columbia River flood basalts and their relationship to extension related calc-alkalic volcanism in eastern Oregon: Discussion
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Genesis of flood basalts and Basin and Range volcanic rocks from Steens Mountain to the Malheur River Gorge, Oregon
Ages of the Steens and Columbia River flood basalts and their relationship to extension-related calc-alkalic volcanism in eastern Oregon
COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION IN MERCURIAN TETRAHEDRITE–TENNANTITE FROM THE EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS OF THE STEENS AND PUEBLO MOUNTAINS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON
Permian and Early(?) Triassic radiolarian faunas from the Grindstone Terrane, central Oregon
Evolution of a Permo-Triassic sedimentary mélange, Grindstone terrane, east-central Oregon
Nd isotopic gradients in upper crustal magma chambers: Evidence for in situ magma-wall-rock interaction
Field, petrographic, geochemical, and limited chronologic information allow for construction of a composite stratigraphic section for the approximately 1-km-thick exposure of basaltic lavas in the Pueblo Mountains region of the Oregon Plateau. Comparison of the Pueblo basalts with those of Steens Mountain and the Columbia Plateau suggests that these flood-basalts were derived from a common mid-Miocene magmatic event, possibly marking the initiation of back-arc spreading along the western margin of the Wyoming craton. Geochemical and Sr-isotopic variations within the Pueblo basalts and, more specifically, vertical variations within the Pueblo composite section, define two distinct groups of basalt and three phases of evolution. Within-group variations are modeled by low-pressure fractional crystallization, whereas the between-group variations are attributed primarily to different degrees of interaction between crustal materials and ascending Pueblo primary magmas during the three distinct phases of volcanism.