The age and timing of folding in the central Appalachians from paleomagnetic results

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 815-829

  Stamatakos, John ^a,c   Hirt, Ann M ^b   Lowrie, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; MAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CURRENT MODELS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; LATE PALEOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REMAGNETIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VALLEY AND RIDGE; SHORT PERIODS; TIME-AVERAGED;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; HEMATITE; HOST ROCK; MAGNETIZATION; MOBILIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; REMAGNETIZATION; AGE DETERMINATION; APPALACHIAN OROGENY; DEFORMATION; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

APPALACHIANS; USA;

EID: 0030455920     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0815:TAATOF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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