The Cottage Grove fault system (Illinois Basin): Late Paleozoic transpression along a Precambrian crustal boundary

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1465-1484

  Duchek, Amanda B ^a   McBride, John H ^b   Nelson, W John ^a   Leetaru, Hannes E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding; Illinois basin; Precambrian; Seismic reflection; Strike slip; Transpression

Indexed keywords

COTTAGE GROVE FAULT SYSTEM; ELONGATION; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY;

COAL MINES; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNETIC DEVICES;

KINEMATICS;

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; BOUNDARY; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9244250306     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25413.1     Document Type: Article

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