Fold-thrust belt structures of the Lackawanna synclinorium, Pennsylvania: Insight into the tectonic evolution of the central Appalachians

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Harrison, Michael J ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; ROTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

APPALACHIANS; LACKAWANNA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845474958     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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