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Stratigraphy and structure of the Laurentian rifted margin in the northern Appalachians: A low-angle detachment rift system
John S. Allen
John S. Allen
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0053, USA
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William A. Thomas
William A. Thomas
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0053, USA
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Denis Lavoie
Denis Lavoie
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Geological Survey of Canada, Centre Géoscientifique de Québec, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, Quebec G1K 9A9, Canada
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Geology (2009) 37 (4): 335-338.
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April 01, 2009
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John S. Allen, William A. Thomas, Denis Lavoie; Stratigraphy and structure of the Laurentian rifted margin in the northern Appalachians: A low-angle detachment rift system. Geology ; 37 (4): 335–338. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G25371A.1
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Appalachians
- Cambrian
- Canada
- continental drift
- continental margin
- detachment faults
- Eastern Canada
- faults
- Gaspe Peninsula
- Iapetus
- Laurentia
- lithostratigraphy
- low-angle faults
- Lower Cambrian
- Neoproterozoic
- Newfoundland
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- North America
- Northern Appalachians
- Paleozoic
- plate tectonics
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- Quebec
- rifting
- Rodinia
- sedimentary rocks
- segmentation
- strike-slip faults
- structural analysis
- transform faults
- upper Precambrian
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