Deformation conditions, kinematics, and displacement history of shallow crustal ductile shearing in the Norumbega fault system in the Northern Appalachians, eastern Maine

Tectonophysics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 129-148

  Wang, Chunzeng ^a   Ludman, Allan ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Maine; Northern Appalachians; Norumbega fault system; Shallow crust; Shear model; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; TECTONOPHYSICS;

APPALACHIANS; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORUMBEGA FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042635039     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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