Proposed Shenandoah fault and East Coast-Stafford fault system and their implications for eastern U.S. tectonics

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-80

  Marple, Ronald ^a   Talwani, Pradeep ^b  

^a University of South Carolina ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; IGNEOUS PROVINCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144262147     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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