Reinterpretation of the Greenbrier fault, Great Smoky Mountains: New petrofabric constraints and implications for southern Appalachian tectonics

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1108-1122

  Clemons, K M ^a   Moecher, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGES; FLAT SYSTEMS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LAURENTIAN; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; ORDOVICIAN; PETROFABRICS; SCHISTOSITY; SILTSTONES; THRUST FAULTS;

DEFORMATION; FABRICS; FORESTRY; GARNETS; LANDFORMS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

TECTONICS;

CARBONIFEROUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; PETROFABRIC; SLIP RATE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949095253     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26480.1     Document Type: Article

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