Crustal recycling in the Appalachian foreland

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 200, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-40

  Thomas, William A ^a   Becker, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement massif; Clastic wedge; Continental crust; Foreland basin; Recycling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RECYCLING; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BASEMENT MASSIF; CLASTIC WEDGE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; FORELAND BASIN; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

ALLEGHANIAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; DETRITUS; DISPERSAL; FORELAND BASIN; IMBRICATION; OROGENY; PIEDMONT; SEDIMENT; SUBSIDENCE; THRUST;

EID: 77949806009     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1200(03)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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