Structure, age, and tectonic setting of a multiply reactivated shear zone in the piedmont in Washington, D.C., and vicinity

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 115-140

  Fleming, Anthony H ^a   Drake Jr , Avery Ala ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURE; TECTONICS;

USA, WASHINGTON DC, PIEDMONT;

EID: 0031982362     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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