Final inversion of the Midcontinent Rift during the Rigolet Phase of the Grenvillian Orogeny

• Main Authors: Hodgin, Eben B., Swanson-Hysell, Nicholas L., DeGraff, James M., Kylander-Clark, Andrew R.C., Schmitz, Mark D., Turner, Andrew C., Zhang, Yiming, Stolper, Daniel A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2022
• Subjects: Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences; Geological Engineering; Mining Engineering; Rigolet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/16008; https://doi.org/10.1130/G49439.1; https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/context/michigantech-p/article/35310/viewcontent/g49439.1.pdf

Despite being a prominent continental-scale feature, the late Mesoproterozoic North American Midcontinent Rift did not result in the break-up of Laurentia, and subsequently underwent structural inversion. The timing of inversion is critical for constraining far-field effects of orogenesis and proces...