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The Ouachita Mountains (/ ˈ w ɒ ʃ ɪ t ɔː /), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt, one of the important orogenic belts of North America. [3]
The Ouachita orogeny was a mountain-building event that resulted in the folding and faulting of strata currently exposed in the Ouachita Mountains. The more extensive Ouachita system extends from the current range in Arkansas and Oklahoma southeast to the Black Warrior Basin in Alabama and to the southwest through the Llano , Marathon , and ...
Alleghanian orogeny – Mountain-forming event that formed the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains; Ouachita orogeny – Mountain-building event that resulted in the Ouachita Mountains Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma is an orogenic belt that dates from the late Paleozoic Era and is most likely a continuation of the Appalachian ...
The Jackfork Sandstone, also referred to as the Jackfork Group, is a geologic formation associated with the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt exposed in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. [2] It is named for Jackfork Mountain in Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties, Oklahoma. [2] [3]
At the time of the Cambrian explosion, as multi-cellular became commonplace, Arkansas was primarily flooded by rivers and a shallow marine environment.In the Ozark region, calcareous, quartzose sand and clay deposited, while the Ouachita area witnessed the formation of alternating layers of sand, clay, silt and small amounts of lime mud.
Escarpment formed by the Balcones Fault at Mount Bonnell Balcones Fault Trend and affected counties Geologic map of the Balcones, and the Mexia-Talco-Luling Fault Trends, where black lines are faults, the blue shaded area is the Claiborne Group, yellow is the Jackson Group, and tan is the Wilcox Group
The Ouachita geosyncline was a major structural or sedimentary basin along southern North America. It is mostly covered by sedimentary rocks from the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic , but rocks of the former basin outcrop in the Llano Uplift near the Austin region, spanning Oklahoma and Arkansas , where it forms the Ouachita Mountains . [ 1 ]
Ouachita City, Louisiana, an unincorporated community The Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas and Oklahoma The Ouachita orogeny , the geologic event that raised the Ouachita Mountains