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Cross section and plan views of Upheaval Dome, during and after the salt piercement and detachment. Note the sub-radial thrust faults in the Pinch-off Stage plan view and locations of listric faults in both cross sections. Figure courtesy of Dr. Dan Schultz-Ela, and the University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology.

Cross section and plan views of Upheaval Dome, during and after the salt piercement and detachment. Note the sub-radial thrust faults in the Pinch-off Stage plan view and locations of listric faults in both cross sections. Figure courtesy of Dr. Dan Schultz-Ela, and the University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology.

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Upheaval Dome, San Juan County, Utah, is a complexly deformed circular structure approximately 5 km in diameter, occurring within the Triassic Moenkopi, Chinle, Wingate, and Kayenta and the Jurassic Navajo Formations. The structure shows three distinct zones of deformation. The brittlely deformed central crater exhibits an intensely compressional r...