Taconian and Acadian transpression between the internal Humber Zone and the Gaspé Belt in the Gaspé Peninsula: Tectonic history of the Shickshock Sud fault zone

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 635-653

  Sacks, Paul E ^a   Malo, Michel ^a,b   Trzcienski Jr , Walter E ^c   Pincivy, Alix ^a   Gosselin, Patrice ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GIRGAB ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMBER ZONE; SUD FAULT; TACONIAN DEFORMATION; TRANSPRESSION;

DEFORMATION; GARNETS; KINEMATICS; MICA; ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; FAULT ZONE; LAURENTIA; TACONIC OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

EID: 4344595625     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-018     Document Type: Article

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