Possible correlations of the Norumbega fault system with faults in southeastern New England

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 331, Issue , 1999, Pages 73-83

  Goldstein, Arthur ^a   Hepburn, J Christopher ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DEFORMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; LATE PALEOZOIC; NORMAL FAULTS; NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEMS; PENNSYLVANIANS; TRANSCURRENT FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CORRELATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MAINE; NEW BRUNSWICK; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870908949     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2331-0.73     Document Type: Article

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