Minas Fault Zone: Late Paleozoic history of an intra-continental orogenic transform fault in the Canadian Appalachians

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-328

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Waldron, John W F ^b   Kontak, Daniel J ^c   Pe Piper, Georgia ^d   Piper, David J W ^e  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachian orogen; Avalon terrane; Meguma terrane; Minas Fault Zone

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; APPALACHIANS; AVALON TERRANE; BASIN FORMATION; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EXISTING STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; FLOWER STRUCTURES; FLUID FLOW; LATE DEVONIAN; LATE PALEOZOIC; LOCAL ZONES; MAGMATISMS; MARITIMES BASIN; MEGUMA TERRANE; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; MINAS FAULT ZONE; NOVA SCOTIA; OBLIQUE COLLISION; PERMIAN; PLUTONS; SHEAR ZONE; SURFACE TRACES; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; FAULT ZONE; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; OBLIQUE FAULT; PALEOZOIC; PULL APART BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 79951678412     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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