Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 167.The southern Appalachian orogen contains most of the subdivisions that characterize a classic collisional orogen: A foreland fold-and-thrust belt (Cumberland Plateau and Valley and Ridge), high-grade metamorphic core (central to eastern Blue Ridge and western Piedmont), and a plutonic/volcanic belt (Charlotte belt and Carolina slate belt). In addition, a younger Alleghanian high-grade metamorphic core is present on the eastern edge of the Piedmont (Kiokee-Raleigh belt).
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 167.The southern Appalachian orogen contains most of the subdivisions that characterize a classic collisional orogen: A foreland fold-and-thrust belt (Cumberland Plateau and Valley and Ridge), high-grade metamorphic core (central to eastern Blue Ridge and western Piedmont), and a plutonic/volcanic belt (Charlotte belt and Carolina slate belt). In addition, a younger Alleghanian high-grade metamorphic core is present on the eastern edge of the Piedmont (Kiokee-Raleigh belt).
Imprint | American Geophysical Union |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Field Trip Guidebook, 167 |
Release date | 1989 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
Authors | Robert D. Hatcher |
Editors | Hatcher, Robert D. Hatcher, William A Thomas, J Robert Butler, Gregory M Guthrie, Robert J Hooper, Keith I McConnell, W Edward Osborne, Mark G Steltenpohl |
Dimensions | 267 x 216mm (L x W) |
Format | Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound |
Pages | 93 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-87590-616-4 |
Barcode | 9780875906164 |
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LSN | 0-87590-616-8 |