740 



INDEX 



Catoctin belt, 103 



Catoctin Mountain, 198 



Catskill delta, 99 



Catskill Mountains, Fig. 8.8, 



105, 154 

 Cayman trench, Fig. 41.15, 693, 



704 

 Cedar Creek anticline, Fig. 23.1 

 Cedar Hills orogeny, 328 

 Cedros Island, 481 

 Central America, 700 

 Central basin platform, 248 

 Central Coast Ranges of Cali- 

 fornia, Fig. 29.1, 453 

 Central Colorado basin, Fig. 



6.7, 250 

 Central Kansas arch, 37, 41 

 Central Montana Rockies, 351 

 Central New Mexico porphyry 



belt, 405 

 Central Rockies, Fig. 19.1, 295, 



298, 327 

 Central stable region, 26, 37, 65 

 Central Wasatch Mountains, 27 

 Chaleur Bay, 195 

 Champlain thrust, Fig. 11.1, 162 

 Champlain trough, 169 

 Channeled scabland, Fig. 29.15 

 Charleston thrust, Fig. 22.15, 



336 

 Chautaugua arch, 38, 55 

 Chief Mountain, 308 

 Chihuahua, 440 

 Chile, central, Fig. 34.5 

 Chile, southern, Fig. 34.5 

 Chiricahua Mountains, Fig. 



27.6, 430 

 Chisos Mountains, 565 

 Cherokee basin, 52 

 Cherry Creek group, 27 

 Chiapas, 701 

 Churchill province, Figs. 4.1, 



4.3, 23, 25 

 Choctaw fault, Figs. 14.2, 14.3, 



239 

 Chugach-St. Elias fault, Fig. 



39.2, 630 

 Chukotski Peninsula, Fig. 39.1 

 Chupadero Mesa, Fig. 25.16 

 Chuska Mountains, Fig. 26.9 



Cincinnati arch, 40, 48, 99, 106 

 Cincinnati dome, 48 

 Circle Cliffs uplift, 408 

 Circum-Pacific tectonics, 532 

 Clarion fracture zone, Fig. 32.12 

 Clipperton fracture zone, Fig. 



32.12 

 Coahuila peninsula, 234, 440 

 Coalburg syncline, Fig. 8.12 

 Coast Range batholith, 275, 280 

 Coast Ranges of Oregon and 



Washington, 474 

 Coast Ranges of the Pacific, 452 

 Coats Island, 23 

 Coconino Plateau, Fig. 26.8 

 Coeur d'Alene district, Fig. 21.3 

 Colima volcano, 701 

 Colombian basin, Fig. 41.15 

 Colorado Plateau, Fig. 19.1, 61, 



297, 301, 407 

 Colorado Plateau igneous rocks, 



564 

 Colorado Range, 250 

 Colorado Rockies, Fig. 19.1, 



297, 300, 389 

 Colorado sag, Fig. 65, 39 

 Columbia River basalts, 559 

 Columbia system, 274 

 Colville basin, Fig. 39.6 

 Colville batholith, 280 

 Comb Ridge monocline, Fig. 



26.7 

 Conception Bay, Fig. 13.1 

 Concho arch, 246 

 Connecticut Valley basin, 131 

 Continental drift, 646 

 Cook inlet Tertiary province, 



618 

 Cordilleran geanticline, 330 

 Cordilleran geosyncline, 37, 61, 



63,89 

 Cornwallis fold belt, 637 

 Cortez Mountains, Fig. 6.9, 76 

 Costa Rica, 701 

 Cottonwood dome, Fig. 22.5 

 Cows Head, 204 

 Crazy Mountains, Fig. 23.1 

 Crazy Mountains volcanic field, 



571 

 Criner hills, Fig. 14.2, 239 



Crowsnest volcanic field, 572 

 Crustal tension, 601 

 Cryptovolcanic structures, 256 

 Cuba, 670 



Cumberland Mountain, 103 

 Cumberland overthrust, Fig. 



8.15, 110 

 Cumberland Plateau, 93 



Dagger flat anticlinorium, Fig. 



14.8, 231 

 Darby thrust, Fig. 22.9, 334 

 Datil lava field, Fig. 27.1 

 Davis Mountains, 405, 565 

 Death Valley, 500 

 Decaturville structure, Fig. 16.1, 



257 

 Deep River basin, 131 

 Deep-sea fans, 518 

 Deep-sea plain, Fig. 32.2 

 Deep-seated earthquakes, 601 

 Deer Creek thrust, Fig. 22.15, 



336 

 Defiance uplift, 408 

 Delaware basin, 248 

 Delgado deep-sea fan, Fig. 32.2 

 DeLong Range, Fig. 39.1 

 Denali fault, 631 

 Denver basin, Fig. 25.2, 393 

 Deschutes-Umatilla Plateau, 



Fig. 29.15 

 Devon Island, 26 

 Diablo uplift, California, 249, 



453 

 Diamond Peak basin, Fig. 6.7 

 Diatremes, 422 

 Disco Island, 23 

 District of MacKenzie, 624 

 Dixon Entrance, Fig. 39.1 

 Dominican Republic, 676 

 Douglas fault, 255 

 Dragoon Mountains, Fig. 27.9 

 Dugout Creek thrust, Fig. 14.8 

 Duluth gabbro, 32 

 Durst thrust, Fig. 22.14, 336 

 Dutch Leeward Islands, 685 



East Kaibab monocline, Fig. 



26.8 

 East Pacific rise, 512 



East Texas basin, 655 

 East Tintic Mountains, 345 

 Eastern Interior basin, Figs. 



5.1, 5.9, 5.11, 40, 46, 47 

 Eastern Triassic basins, 128 

 Ecuador, Fig. 34.5 

 Eeel River embayment, 467 

 El Paso- Rio Grande thrust belt, 



445 

 El Salvador, 701 

 Elkhead Mountains (Colorado) 



volcanic field, 565 

 Elkhorn Mountains (Montana) 



field, 578 

 Ellesmere, northern, fold belt, 



637 

 Ellesmere-Greenland fold belt, 



637 

 Ellesmere Island, 26 

 Ellis arch, 38, 51 

 Elsinor fault, 469 

 Empire Mountains, Fig. 27.6 

 Endicott Mountains, Fig. 39.1 

 Espana basin, Fig. 25.11 

 Estancia basin, Fig. 25.11 

 Eureka, Figs. 6.9, 22.24 

 Exploits basin, Fig. 13.1 



Faeroes, 642 



Fairweather fault, Fig. 39.2, 617 



Fallon earthquake area, 506 



Farewell-Shakwak fault, 633 



Findlay arch, 48, 51 



Finlay River volcanic field, 586 



Florida Mountains, Fig. 25.16 



Florida Paleozoic, 119 



Florida platform, 666 



Florida uplift, 251 



Flynn Creek disturbance, Fig. 



16.1, 257 

 Foothills or Foothill belt, 311 

 Foreland arcuate fault zone, 253 

 Forest City basin, Fig. 5.14, 40, 



51, 53 

 Fort Nelson, Fig. 20.10 

 Fort Worth basin, Fig. 15.11, 



246 

 Fortune Bay, Fig. 13.1 

 Foxe basin, 635 



Fracture system, coastland Brit- 

 ish Columbia, Fig. 17.21 



Franciscan basin, 272 



Francisco-Marin block, 466 



Franklin Mountains, Fig. 39.1, 

 626 



Franks graben, Fig. 15.6, 242 



Frederick sound cross folds, Fig. 

 17.19, 280 



French Broad River, 108 



Front Range, 27, 390 



Front Range igneous rocks, 570 



Frontenac axis, 22 



Gabilan Mesa, 274 



Gallop-Zuni basin, Fig. 26.11 



Gannett orogeny, 293 



Garlock fault, 471 



Gaspe, 195 



Genou trend, Fig. 23.1 



George Vasen's fee well, 660 



Georges Bank, 142, 186 



Glacier Park, 30 



Glass Mountains, Fig. 14.8, 231, 



405 

 Glenarm series, 121 

 Golconda thrust, 263 

 Gold Hill district, Fig. 22.23, 



294 

 Gore Range, 393 

 Graham Island, Fig. 17.23 

 Grand Canyon, 28 

 Grand Canyon of the Colorado, 



Fig. 26.4, 408 

 Grand Valley, 504 

 Great Bahama bank, Figs. 42.1, 



42.2 

 Great Basin, Fig. 22.7, 332, 493 

 Great Basin seismic layers, 511, 



595 

 Great Smoky Mountains, 98, 



109 

 Great Valley, Fig. 8.13, 103, 



108 

 Greater Acadia, 220 

 Greater Antilles, 670 

 Green Mountains, 161, 171 

 Green River basin, 383 

 Greenland, 640 

 Grenada basin, 692 



