[[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-5.png|Figure 1]] depicts the tectonic setting for the western U.S. relevant to Laramide plate tectonics. It shows where overthrusting took place, its overall geometry and ver-gence direction, and the interference with foreland deformation. | [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-5.png|Figure 1]] depicts the tectonic setting for the western U.S. relevant to Laramide plate tectonics. It shows where overthrusting took place, its overall geometry and ver-gence direction, and the interference with foreland deformation. |