Kennetcook thrust system: Late Paleozoic transpression near the southern margin of the Maritimes Basin, Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-159

  Waldron, John W F ^a   Roselli, Carlos G ^a,d   Utting, John ^b   Johnston, Stanley K ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Bedford Institute of Oceanography ^*  (Canada)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS; CLASTICS; EVAPORITES; FAULT STRUCTURE; LATE PALEOZOIC; MARITIMES BASIN; NOVA SCOTIA; SEISMIC PROFILES; THRUST SYSTEMS; TRANSPRESSION; WINDSOR;

DEFORMATION;

CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; CLASTIC ROCK; DEFORMATION; EVAPORITE; FAULTING; FOLDING; GRABEN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 77649109139     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-071     Document Type: Article

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