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...
Main Author: | Bank, Gregory Charles |
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Other Authors: | Geological Sciences |
Format: | Others |
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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/ |
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