Megaboudins and lateral extension along the leading edge of a crystalline thrust sheet, Hudson Highlands, New York, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1205-1216

  Gates, A E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONIC LENSES; THRUST SHEETS;

TECTONICS;

BOUDIN; COMPRESSION; EXTENSION; LATERAL STRETCHING; PALAEOZOIC; THRUST SHEET;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0030265459     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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