Midcontinent U.S. fault and fold zones: A legacy of Proterozoic intracratonic extensional tectonism?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Marshak, Stephen ^a   Paulsen, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DRILLING DATA; MAP PATTERNS; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT FAULTS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL STYLES;

FAULT SLIPS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; NORMAL FAULT; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONISM; FAULT; FOLD;

UNITED STATES; MIDCONTINENT; USA;

EID: 0029769355     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0151:MUSFAF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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