Diachronous supracrustal extension in an intraplate setting and the origin of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé and Merrimack troughs, northern Appalachians

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-22

  Tremblay, Alain ^a   Pinet, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Delamination; Synorogenic extension; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DELAMINATION; DEPOSITS; FAULTING; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

APPALACHIANS; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SYNOROGENIC EXTENSION; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TECTONISM; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONICS;

CANADA; GASPE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA; GASPE; LAURENTIA;

EID: 16644375008     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680400038X     Document Type: Article

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