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Bradley N Opie
Deparment of Geol! Scenes, Une of Michigan,
‘tem Abo, Michigan 1091089.
Same CC. Waker
Deparment of Genk! Sciences and Spe Phonics Research
Leboratory, Deparment of Aespher, Osan, and Space
‘Science Unie of Michigan, An Arb, Michigan
‘iste
Daring the wo decades sine Cave et (972 pubsbed tee
‘ompition of Toloene carbonate neato rats, sve
‘te seentsshve comple sar etal (179) Hay and
‘Southam (177, an Kinsey and Hopley (19) have compiled
tote Acca a sugested that he probe ea
‘hon eatonate xo shallow water cnt ier han
‘wold be wera equlibdam with Knows Holocene wearing
‘ts Whats aplomb xp he Myron ae
‘quanta estimates othe eiftrnes between Holoeee aia
Posteollisional extension of the Caledonide orogen in Scandinavi
eating charge rom tone to Hatcene tine te
2 tpi of broad intrest The covery of petubtons witha
‘cea Shot an rected a anon frie a
"hese shor ine ner wl crest onl interest in ise
(Dinctal, 197). Cerny, any new data concerning changes
‘wethrng ats fom te fst ghca in the Holoene of em
Spposcs for obtaining then dal, willbe welcomed byw oF
‘eaaze in cabon ee madeline
(Chae Fo Sih 8. and Rey, 1, 7, Caron pracion by
Se et Min G1 1
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‘Structural expressions and tectonic significance: Comment and Reply
‘comMENT
MG. Satenpah
Deparment of Geol, Auburn Universi bon abana
90)
eM. Barty
Deparament of Geology and Geophys, Users of Utah
Sal Lake Ci, Utah 8112
Fossen an Ryka (1982 extrapolate well docment te
Clon crs exeson in oust Norway ney 2 an
sonthwar ino the Often rein, where sich sate a oly
ow begining wo be recog. We song conc it te mag
‘ade ad st of pcotaconl extn inthe Calesondee
"slgnieapt qos, and ossen and Rykel hve sues
Provocative, bu specalive,imepretabonof Often. Fasen and
yl 192} preset fone sta ro Often, however
they scarcely acknowledged he zl foes ead
Ing ust question the val of hk itepretain Herein, we
‘Sanmentonbow apes of el map clos sectors ad stuca
‘polampienerpetaions of Often confit wh pis dt
wear manga ofthe Rom window Hodges, 98S; Comey,
199) ve documenta pervasive topto-eeast hast zo ba
ne fa to econ even of anh hk weeping
aoe of motes wih abundant dava-howest ayant
tractor” (Foscn tnd Rye, 1982, p73). These a other
‘rks (gy Slenpobl sadBarey, Baker, 18) dove
‘ped dtd egoally consistent oration! ad eam
Pc Soqunce chat dus tat eal cof to Fosse sd Hye
ets sggsted regional DI contacon flowed by fegonal D2
xenon
Casha (190 st repated dete sbsevations on steep
weap, op tote essex eit the Rema
window, which were inetd reco aecnsedby Bea
Inning etwar-avacng thrust shes, Selepa aos Ba
ley (38) dosent ine oporthe-wetnaporn On a
Tepoaly silent ever, arate ty ease, po.
thew date sear ane nd mesoees forges Wea
‘pentacoordinate an scant
Socks iets da hey epee secre WA sep
‘stdiping eal sulces tht probably ord i ye pall
‘Song: The repo Otten syn elise mao al,
‘nari srr scl asin nds) peek
“bag te western in ane cot nt Seno snd Bare
iy 18), apternenaty opont of Fosenand ya 953,
Fig. 2, Band C) depiction The obverse Docks this Jo 20
resemble the ~S-1Dkm ample, ecimben, wesc ds
epic Fs and Ryka) Few, wich was deh
heh th same wes we estat, We abo baked the
solu tiningotine gr as nOfrenbewec be Ey Stn
Sn Late Devon fStstenpob snd Bary, 18), This age ange
testo sggs ht he te phe as Ofte were elt to
the vet ha fed he Devin basins n nthe Norway a
Fonscn and Rh 1983) ave done alg we coe both
Seca emcinsms en
Metamorph inthis regis ery amps, varying verily
hgh ape racks wl tly hcml ce t
the Often yom (Bae, Step tl 199), Lae
ses, regress, geese sacs redeveloped
St smo al ecemcetagpic eves andar once ang
‘st ones (Darker, 18) These ele tee ook
‘earasimieretion a hyetetal ng, sextet
slog it western ug fhe Rasa wow
Speci ayects of Fssn and le seta, tee
‘oa ao with he puso Metre. We ages, homer,
that tpsoabowest exten may bea ic acorn hestructural evolution of the Often repo. We oye ta are in
‘eepretatogs of is evet in Ofte wl eter ene wa Is
rend own abo the ploy a hs es
RIKELAY sh cameron be Casa mpestaoh
Soa ii, Oaten hana pe
coi cena man eg a
oi F188, Tetons an tacit
LE As Ri SAE Nog Soh
Hoag ve etn src eto te
“Ei Sire mes, Nera cde Cue Nees
‘Siena Mi nd Br, M8 rs tab ea be
‘onan tos Osa Soe of Ameri Dali, v.10,
stl BG, Anko A nal, 19, Libis
rein oe Suge ens ator Cram es
‘Stace re putes ste Newega
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REPLY
‘Stata RGF, N-02 Bergen, Nery
tng Hyli
Price, Boars 2, Box 8 N78 Narses, Neray
Stop parley may bert in saving tat we shoul
have acnowloged more ofthe exiing Wat fm Ofte,
ovever, thas eaverein moc extn proper nthe ye
el, 1992; Rykkeld and Andese, 199, unpushed) ta so
sve hater docameniation snd con Of ew Sts Or paper
‘ros sonar of sever yeas ole wk and vere, ting
“memati analsfrsreatwheremore ol honed” mas =
‘ey septation of deformation sng uber 0 Sin Oe)
‘taint phased colton folds ceswage ons p05
‘cale—had been applied Is becoming gradually Cte to eco
‘ss hat hs tran wy of eto ole sactre
oteoaermabie withthe Jyarlatre of rons roses, od
‘he growing amount of err tht ose on nderetging de
{Graan tere oftneatce tse it neice
‘mayin fact be more etl inundrtncing the star mics
‘omg bes
"ibematic indo have gery been dsepadd in pe-
ows sues, perhaps Deane ofthe aco serpin
tmestalPlceci ductile deformation inte Caeser relied
autre, wall athe i thick eens Often sat
zane. Wiese bucks (F6in Hodes, 1S in Stang
nd Hare, 198; Fin Crome, 198) wee, however, ete 0
tested shear by Steph and Bary (158, ahoug is
‘was never eapine! or cet nich det. tenon
Bary (1988) per to uve eld thse feo Caledonian de
Formation and 1 luce "but nary coeval erst hat.
Incr o ie be 1o the poss domes i he Often acs and
possi longi etre nth of be Narwelan Cedi. They
Farther sipped tt thee gnc dees se the remo Cle
‘nian compression a hat he ate ds re the pot of te
‘Cledni ssa ranspression. The later inte etatin i of
cours, prey speculative, becuse no evidence fr sins shear
ag artes tending her soos his ben rd
“They abo sgt ncorelton between hese roses and
sia movement athe DvonanbiascfscweseraNory,
empl diez the voluminous resent Irate hat doe
‘une he exes tise af es tai Te rom ay
quay well be expaed by oter mechani, su southward
trp of noon mute enised by esac giana st
‘te within be orogenic wedge rlarge-sene dilerenal move
‘ents wih he nappes ding emcee Ride 185 oe
to Rome nl Bx 1352, ago that the bck are
‘snp with Caledon esnpeson bu very well wth our
tert fin we ced king wh
Ite to vena pastcompresil extensor toes. We
‘Stat terest brent wind nteSeanaen
‘leasamey iertoe Water Gneae reported ea
‘vest ping excsional shear ones nd erly id ot fom by
fs errence. Asan explanation may i prt exp he
tasermen window the Often sre
"The bck nthe Often spr were enlarged on oor
rofl fo make te in geometry vail, and we age tht the
tl lars comer alr However, the pra pat
{th presence of bund os nth fee sat, alton
{hat wan oped in ay experment were nmlaneo ack
!moveeat of Caledonian mpes above a drei spt ex
{cra mes her soe wes mle (Posen and Ry
1959), We thnk Steenpe abd Bare for oitig out a
Ickftdsare more rly develo the Often shes 2n08,
Adweempnsethat sis fllagcerent wth our experimental
res whee “neta mrice separate th aren foi fom
UHeasonent shear zone bya ane of exten.
"ft atmo ap nema aby Ch
rman (950), who tecopizl several extasoal bsenest Shee
ones tht she elated othrasting rater noe enesiona
tectonics, On the ba of ae Bld werk and experince
reseed the conssion thatthe enna ear ones ae moe
ely to potdat thrsite The spprent testinal he eter
‘Sonal shear zones hy te ovetyng Teal thst can be explain
by simultneous tackling of mappes and development of exer
‘Sonal shear anoe in the tasemet, as modeled by Fosse ad
yk (182).
“The regression to grenschis-aisassrbags may be
cnmon wi terol wed, bt infomation nthe Ket
Shout the conitons nea the sl hast zoe (oppermes part of
‘octen and depeitona cover seinen) achive ads prt,
Ineo compare undscamested laminin Crowley [18
ith dts yl and Andres 1955. Farter doesent
{dds ofthe M2 zningsb our gue 2Best Delon
Sa Ryland Andresen (95, on! opi)
‘We emphasize the imparts a kien alls blog 2p
pled in conjunction with more sass rca focnigies
coli, rsennga tec cate
ier piel shes nisin sor Diner expres
‘Teshopynce ep te
se HET Ka nity ttl aloi, 8 a ign ioc
Ramer 2h tol enor Sen
Snir onn OvegiceRott
thes On Nonay, Uneray ef Oa
Polo 9 in ci
sie MN SOE ine
Seay cages an
Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612 bolide event: New evidence ofa late Eocene Impact-wave deposit
and a possible impact site, U.S. east coast: Comment and Reply
Wchane Wet
Serpe htt of Ocanograpy La Jl, Californie
‘ops
og et (19) posted coining evidence for Ite
Eocene inpattave poston the U.S. est coast pli How
fr dpe wih the sgstion tat nde proposed int
rate and te impcwave depos ress fom the sane input
vet the North American (okt Bel Insta
‘get tht tr roponed pet crater an the ipac-wae de
tons lyre eed yer impact ever ch
ts not mentioned by Pong a. (92)
{Was been wel etait hat culy ston withthe
Dont American microtek layer sy ler cect lyse
‘einen waa tom aor (las a, 1S ele ta,
19h, The older Iyer conte inepyonee aig spe
‘led merken (lar sn Bus 196, dt see on
in teense equrrl Ian Ocean, ego acl al of
Monica Carian Sea Cn a, HRS; Keller et, 1987)
“Th pac ect a Ste 61 conto a mck yer on op
areckiytteayer stout dehy (a 8, agree
eget (12 hat the mt ject at DSDP Sie 612 the same
Imicrotekte layer at Site 612 eorelates wih the North American
nok lar al the miro er at ite 12 cores
‘ith te widespread mivkrystite layer scl with he eu
“ronal. Det examination of DSDP Ste 612 by Miler et
(G9) ines hat the miolsyt yes immediately above
4 mor hits (24m). Tht hn a en interpreted he
‘ul stumping tegeed ya bod mpc (Gas 185), whch
"pptety can aso frie oder bed np wave depos)
‘Muley Poop etal (152), Tasmeaas tt help eve hat
roe he lero an the pat erat of Poet (992)
ity cna wr the mire vet at ne ie
‘Younger Noth American mice event Farhemor he po
ped input rater a Pag et 1992} aly tobe the source
tthe Noth Ameren motel yer Psa there io de:
eta tus or owed ttl ected wih the mirtekte
layer Site 12 (se Mile, 1981 ws abou 3 navy
Ste 12 an the reat ny one input vet, ns Pog ta (199)
Sryarely dione shoud Colt ata wih he wey a
Iibwted micokyste yer rate tan the Noe American
rolkite ier because moet te pesca at Ste S12,
‘ees ie have never ee fod inthe Neth Aresca mi
‘otek er (ln et a, SS ln, 18),
“don phen py tlt: La a Far
Hid: blaaec eticniemeesemedseoa,
ci Boge Wie Sg Fe to, AA 19, =
anes eee neat eee
rol ht Bape le, iw a,
Sey cot emt Oca, p
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. Wye Pog: Lavtec J. Pope: Dvd W. ole
U.S Geog! Suey, Hoods Hole, Maracas 0258
Dav 8. Powars Rae B on; icy B. Eavards
US. Geoaal Sire, Reston Vigne 32082
Seat ce
Vina Ste Water Contra Boor, Richman, Vga 2728
‘Wor cammens pesos hat the sear succes:
sive sundance peaks of merokystics and micetektits a DSDP
Sie 612 (Gn, 1985) and rom to stewie depen
‘ret. We conten, however, tht thestratgphicnnddepestona
‘lato of eta ick Seman Se 62 are more completed
than gency resized We ae curenly realy the xa
‘pardt rected (unto raialra endear nec)
‘nd depstona history at Site 62, and we have eacbed the fo
Towing pcinry cnc: The osc peas ote Gls
(Goo anouneien resents ened wae ep
tinted, they represen! saps ee contacts ial
‘eos depose spat of «sgl erie (bio dept).
“Thasdcbre encompass 22cm ntrval of oe 612-23 O19
canines te fetet-colred chalk mice: Vasey of
Mbchhonos clots; mined averages of Pactecey cry
Eocene mie Eocene, a te Eosne mics and eve
‘ypesachotsis ig Thetwo ng coarse gainedlass
(tow cle outed by regular onan in at 1-103 mand
011-1155 on ele the peak coments of micotektes,
oucont ras, and ier rocks aod minerals documented by
‘Gin (18), Pek values ofmicokryster come fom max he,
SC T1S5-118 em, bere numerous anal sts are prose All