Tectonic history of the northern Nabitah fault zone, Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
<p>Geologic mapping combined with structural, petrographic, and geochemical investigations were used to evaluate the motion and paleogeographic setting of…
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Tectonic history of the northern Nabitah fault zone, Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Author: Quick, J. E., Bosch, Paul S. Year: 1990 Category: Report mapping combined with structural, petrographic, and geochemical investigations were used to evaluate the motion and paleogeographic setting of the northern Nabitah fault zone. The orientation and asymmetry of small structures in three areas along the fault zone suggest that motion was primarily left-lateral strike slip. East of the fault zone, the Afif terrane is underlain by a north-trending granodioritic batholith that is interpreted to be the plutonic core of a volcanic arc (herein named the Nabitah arc) whose activity was coincident with Nabitah faulting. Available geochronolog Tags: usgs, Mother Lode California gold Source: ://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1990/0316/plate-1.pdf