The nature and timing of deformation in the Beech Mountain thrust sheet between the Grandfather Mountain and Mountain City windows in the Blue Ridge of northwestern North Carolina

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-213

  Adams, Mark G ^a,b   Su, Qi ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE; SHEAR ZONE; THRUSTING; ULTRACATACLASITE; ULTRAMYLONITE;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, BLUE RIDGE BELT;

EID: 0029732856     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629814     Document Type: Article

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