Devonian tectonism of the Illinois basin region, U.S. continental interior

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 308, Issue , 1996, Pages 169-179

  Nelson, W John ^a   Marshak, Stephen ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEVONIANS; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; STRESS FIELD; SUBSURFACE DATA; TECTONIC ACTIVITY;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVONIAN; FAULTING; FOLDING; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870776711     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2308-6.169     Document Type: Article

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