Comparison of Fry strain ellipse and AMS ellipsoid trends to tectonic fabric trends in very low-strain sandstone of the Appalachian fold-thrust belt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1028-1038

  Burmeister, K C ^a   Harrison, M J ^b   Marshak, S ^c   Ferre E C ^d   Bannister, R A ^c   Kodama, K P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS; Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Appalachian fold thrust belt; Fry strain analysis; Hudson Valley fold thrust belt; Lackawanna synclinorium; Rosendale; Tectonic fabrics

Indexed keywords

AMS; ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; APPALACHIAN FOLD-THRUST BELT; FRY STRAIN ANALYSIS; HUDSON VALLEY FOLD-THRUST BELT; LACKAWANNA SYNCLINORIUM; ROSENDALE; TECTONIC FABRICS;

FABRICS; GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELLIPSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; SANDSTONE; STRAIN; SYNCLINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

APPALACHIANS; HUDSON VALLEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949087350     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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