Continuation of Appalachian Piedmont under New Jersey Coastal Plain

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 330, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-28

  Maguire, Timothy J ^a   Sheridan, Robert E ^a   Volkert, Richard A ^b   Feigenson, Mark D ^a   Patino, Lina C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS;

APPALACHIANS; BASEMENT STRUCTURES; COASTAL PLAIN; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC DATA; MID-ATLANTIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES;

LANDFORMS;

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TACONIC OROGENY; TERRANE; UNROOFING;

APPALACHIANS; ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; SALISBURY BEACH; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 20444413274     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2330-2.1     Document Type: Article

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