Timing of displacements along the Norumbega fault system, south-central and south-coastal Maine

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 331, Issue , 1999, Pages 167-178

  West Jr , David P ^a  

^a EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

HIGH STRAINS; LATE DEVONIAN; MESOZOIC RIFTING; NORMAL FAULTS; NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEMS; OROGENIC BELTS; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; TIME TEMPERATURE;

FAULT SLIPS;

CARBONIFEROUS; COASTAL ZONE; DEVONIAN; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; MYLONITE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

MAINE; NORUMBEGA FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870938721     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2331-0.167     Document Type: Article

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