Kinematic indicators for regional dextral shear along the Norumbega fault system in the Casco Bay area, coastal Maine

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 331, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-23

  Swanson, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GRANITE; KINEMATICS; MICA; PYRITES; QUARTZ; ROTATION; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEARING;

DEXTRAL SHEARING; GRAIN FRAGMENTS; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEMS; PORPHYROBLASTS; QUARTZ AGGREGATES; SHEAR SENSE INDICATORS;

SHEARING MACHINES;

AMPHIBOLITE; BOUDINAGE; FAULT ZONE; OUTCROP; PALEOZOIC; PEGMATITE; PYRITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSGRESSION;

CASCO BAY; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870920426     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2331-0.1     Document Type: Article

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