Relative timing of calcite twinning strain and fold-thrust belt development; Hudson Valley fold-thrust belt, New York, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-31

  Harris, John H ^a   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; LIMESTONE; SAMPLING; STRAIN GAGES; TWINNING;

FOLD-THRUST BELT; TWINNING STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALCITE STRAIN; CALCITE TWINNING; FOLD THRUST; STRAIN ELLIPSOID; THRUST BELT;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON VALLEY;

EID: 0031747498     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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