Calcite Twinning in the Ordovician Martinsburg Formation, Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey, USA: Implications for Cleavage Formation and Tectonic Shortening in the Appalachian Piedmont Province

Calcite Twinning in the Ordovician Martinsburg Formation, Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey, USA: Implications for Cleavage Formation and Tectonic Shortening in the Appalachian Piedmont Province

A traverse across the Stone Church syncline in the Ordovician Martinsburg turbidites reveals an axial planar cleavage (N40°E, SE dips) in regional thrust-related folds (N40°E, shallow plunges) and five phases of sparry calcite. Calcite fillings are bedding-parallel, cleavage-parallel, and one vein s...

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Main Authors: John P. Craddock, Maria Princen, Jakob Wartman, Haoran Xia, Junlai Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
structural geology
Appalachian Piedmont
strain analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/6/1/10

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