Pennsylvania salient of the Appalachians: A two-azimuth transport model based on new compilations of Piedmont data

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Wise, Donald U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Curvature; D collement; Pennsylvania; Salient; Transport

Indexed keywords

PENNSYLVANIA SALIENT; SALIENT; TECTONIC TRANSPORT;

DRAG; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRETCHING;

TECTONICS;

DECOLLEMENT; DETACHMENT FAULT; PENNSYLVANIAN; PIEDMONT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4744376051     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20547.1     Document Type: Article

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