The Lackawanna synclinorium, Pennsylvania: A salt-collapse structure, partially modified by thin-skinned folding

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1499-1514

  Harrison, Michael J ^a,b   Marshak, Stephen ^a   McBride, John H ^c  

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

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleghanian orogeny; Appalachian Plateau; Central Appalachians; Fold and thrust belts; Salt structures; Valley and Ridge province

Indexed keywords

SALT-COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; SYNCLINORIUM;

DATA ACQUISITION; MAPPING; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SALT TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNCLINE; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; TROUGH;

LACKAWANNA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9244223540     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25400.1     Document Type: Article

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