Testing the Origins of the Blue Ridge Escarpment

Long, linear, high-relief escarpments mark many of the world's passive margins. These Great Escarpments have been interpreted to be the result of isostatic flexure, parallel slope retreat, and divide migration which accompanies rifting. It is unclear whether all these escarpments share this ori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bank, Gregory Charles
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34794
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08272001-112622/