Geometry, kinematics, and timing of extensional faulting in the Greenland Caledonides-A synthesis

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 202, Issue , 2008, Pages 251-271

  Gilotti, Jane A ^a   Mcclelland, William C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment; Excision; Exhumation; Extension; Greenland Caledonides

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DETACHMENT; EXCISION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; GREENLAND;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BALTICA; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; LAURENTIA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; RIFTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 77950018849     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.1202(10)     Document Type: Article

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