Gravity signatures and geometric configurations of some Oliverian plutons: Their relation to Acadian structures

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 872-882

  Lyons, John B ^a   Campbell, Jeffrey G ^a,b   Erikson, Johan P ^a,c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Vitel Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; EARTH'S SURFACE; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; GRAVITY FIELD; LARGE REGIONS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; NORMAL FAULTS; CAMBRIANS; DEVONIANS; LEBANON; NEW HAMPSHIRE; ORDOVICIAN; SUB-SURFACES;

DOMES;

ACADIAN OROGENY; ALLOCHTHONY; DEVONIAN; GEOMETRY; GNEISS; GRAVITY FIELD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MONZONITE; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTON; THRUST FAULT; VOLCANIC ROCK; GRANITE; GRAVITY SURVEY; PLUTON GEOMETRY;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030469645     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0872:GSAGCO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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