Nevadaplano

English Etymology en Nevada altiplano. en Peter G. DeCelles - American geoscientist 1 in a 2004 paper in the American Journal of Science.DeCelles2004 DeCelles P. G. Late Jurassic to Eocene evolution of the Cordilleran thrust belt and foreland basin system, western U.S.A. American Journal of Science 1 February 2004 304 2 105 10.2475/ajs.304.2.105 2004AmJS..304..105D 0002-9599 https://www.ajsonline.org/content/304/2/105.short 8 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201104011/https://www.ajsonline.org/content/304/2/105.short 1 December 2022 Pronunciation en /nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/ GenAm Proper noun en Q108796139en geology A high-elevation orogenic plateau that once existed during the Tertiary period in what is modern North America’s Great Basin, analogous to today’s high-elevation South American altiplano. en 2004 Peter G. DeCelles Late Jurassic to Eocene evolution of the Cordilleran thrust belt and foreland basin system, western U.S.A. The American Journal of Science 105 304 2 https://www.ajsonline.org/content/304/2/105.short 10.2475/ajs.304.2.105 At the peak of its development, the retroarc side of the Cordillera was divided into five tectonomorphic zones, including from west to east the Luning-Fencemaker thrust belt; the central Nevada (or Eureka) thrust belt; a high-elevation plateau (the “Nevadaplano”); the topographically rugged Sevier fold-thrust belt; and the Laramide zone of intraforeland basement uplifts and basins. 8 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201104011/https://www.ajsonline.org/content/304/2/105.short 1 December 2022 en 2009 W. Gary Ernst Rise and Fall of the Nevadaplano International Geology Review https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00206810903063315?journalCode=tigr20 51 7-8 583 10.1080/00206810903063315 Terming this now-exhumed Late Cretaceous–Eocene hinterland metamorphic belt the Nevadaplano, he estimated that its average elevation probably exceeded 3 km. en 2014 Kathryn E. Snell; et al. High elevation of the ‘Nevadaplano’ during the Late Cretaceous Earth and Planetary Science Letters 52 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X13006225 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.046 386 During the Late Cretaceous, central Nevada may have been a high elevation plateau, the Nevadaplano; some geodynamic models of the western US require thickened crust and high elevations during the Mesozoic to drive the subsequent tectonic events of the Cenozoic while other models do not. https://web.archive.org/web/20240416065949/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X13006225 16 April 2024 See also en altiplano Altiplano Armenio References Further reading