Analysis of a regional middle Paleozoic unconformity along the distal southeastern Laurentian margin, southermost Appalachians: Implications for tectonic evolution

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1149-1162

  Tull, James F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; BASIN FORMATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; LATE PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FOLDING; OROGENIC BELT; UNCONFORMITY;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879398     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1149:AOARMP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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