Publication Date
5-1-2022
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Volume
134
Issue
5-6
DOI
10.1130/B36296.1
First Page
1625
Last Page
1627
Abstract
Hildreth et al. (2021) analyzed a set of table mountains near the San Joaquin River that are capped by a 9.3 Ma trachyandesite lava flow and concluded that, since the deposition of the volcanic rocks, the table mountains have been tilted 1.07° due to uplift of the central Sierra Nevada. While Gabet (2014) suggested that, under a limited set of conditions, the size of fluvial gravels under the table mountains would support the hypothesis of postdepositional uplift, the authors claimed that their evidence is more definitive. In addition, the authors proposed that the central Sierra Nevada tilted as a rigid block. However, their analyses rely on inferences and assumptions that are not supported by field evidence
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Department
Geology
Recommended Citation
Emmanuel Gabet. "Trachyandesite of Kennedy Table, its vent complex, and post–9.3 Ma uplift of the central Sierra Nevada: Comment" Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (2022): 1625-1627. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36296.1
