The Hyco shear zone in North Carolina and Southern Virginia: Implications for the piedmont zone-Carolina zone boundary in the southern Appalachians

American Journal of Science

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-107

  Hibbard, James P ^a   Shell, Glenn S ^a   Bradley, Phillip J ^a   Samson, Scott D ^b   Wortman, Greg L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032371958     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.298.2.85     Document Type: Article

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