Structure and tectonic evolution of the transitional region between the central Appalachian foreland and interior cratonic basins

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 205-223

  Root, Samuel ^a   Onasch, Charles M ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement arch; Craton; Fault reactivation; Forebulge

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CRATON; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541995     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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