Southwest extension of dextral transpression along the Burnsville fault into the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina, USA

Southwest extension of dextral transpression along the Burnsville fault into the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina, USA

The Neoacadian Burnsville fault is a dextral transpressional structure exposed in western North Carolina. Bedrock geologic mapping in the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle documents the fault an additional ∼40 km southwest than previously mapped. Here it overprints the contact between the Ashe Metamorphic...

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Main Authors: Jackie M. Langille, Liana Stachowicz, Felix Stith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Maps
Subjects:
burnsville fault
strike-slip fault
neoacadian orogeny
southern appalachians
bedrock geologic map
blue ridge
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1737255

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1737255

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