Thermal footprint of an eroded thrust sheet in the southern Appalachian thrust belt, Alabama, USA

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 814-828

  Thomas, William A ^a   Kanda, Ravi V S ^b   O'Hara, Kieran D ^a   Surles, D Matthew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HANGING WALL; HEAT FLOW; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 54749119794     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00168.1     Document Type: Article

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