Stratigraphy and ductile structure of the Presidential Range, New Hampshire: Tectonic implications for the Acadian orogeny

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-436

  Eusden Jr , J Dykstra ^a   Garesche, John M ^a   Johnson, Aaron H ^a   Maconochie, Jenna Marie ^a   Peters, Steven P ^a   O'Brien, Jonathan B ^a   Widmann, Beth L ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; PILES; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DUCTILE STRUCTURES; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; NEW HAMPSHIRE; THRUST FAULTING;

FAULTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACADIAN OROGENY; ALPINE OROGENY; DEVONIAN; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GRANITE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; DEFORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

APPALACHIANS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PRESIDENTIAL RANGE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [APPALACHIANS]; USA;

EID: 0029752025     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0417:SADSOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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