Truncation and translation of Appalachian promontories: Mid-Paleozoic strike-slip tectonics and basin initiation

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 487-490

  Hibbard, James ^a   Waldron, John W F ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEVONIANS; LAURENTIAN; MARITIMES BASIN; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTH CAROLINA; PALEOZOIC; SOUTH CAROLINA; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; VIRGINIA;

TECTONICS;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

ACCRETION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRANE;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649091798     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25614A.1     Document Type: Article

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