The Burnsville fault: Evidence for the timing and kinematics of southern Appalachian Acadian dextral transform tectonics

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1365-1376

  Trupe, Charles H ^a   Stewart, Kevin G ^b   Adams, Mark G ^c,d   Waters, Cheryl L ^b   Miller, Brent V ^b   Hewitt, Lauren K ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Unimin Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian orogeny; Appalachians; Burnsville fault; Strike slip faults; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAL DISPLACEMENT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; PETROLOGY; SHEARING; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

ACADIAN; DEVONIAN; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347379730     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25256.1     Document Type: Article

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