Post-extension shortening strains preserved in calcites of the Midcontinent Rift

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 312, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-126

  Craddock, John P ^a   Pearson, Alene ^a,c   McGovern, Michelle ^a   Kropf, Elizabeth ^a   Moshoian, Andrew ^a,c   Donnelly, Katie ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; LIME; SANDSTONE; STRAIN;

CROSS-CUTTING; DEVONIANS; ORDOVICIAN; PROTEROZOIC; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN PATTERNS; TIME INTERVAL; TWO-LAYER;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEVONIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

MIDCONTINENT RIFT;

EID: 0041440467     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2312-4.115     Document Type: Article

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