Silurian-devonian dextral reactivation near the inboard margin of the Avalon composite terrane: Kinematic evidence from the Kingston complex, southern New Brunswick, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 165-178

  Schreckengost, Keith A ^a   Nance, R Damian ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; KINEMATICS;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; PINCH-AND-SWELL STRUCTURES; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY;

LEVEES;

AMPHIBOLITE; AVALONIA; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; COMPOSITE; DEVONIAN; DIKE; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FELSIC ROCK; GREENSCHIST; KINEMATICS; REACTIVATION; SILURIAN; TERRANE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0010159563     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.165     Document Type: Article

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