Fossil evidence for fault-derived stratigraphic repetition in the northeastern Newfoundland Appalachians

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Pluijm, Ben A. van der, Karlstrom, Karl E., Williams, Paul F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-220; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-220

Two types of bedding-parallel faults are common in the Dunnage Zone of eastern Notre Dame Bay. They are (i) early thrusts, which together with bedding were rotated by later folding into steep attitudes; and (ii) postfolding transcurrent faults. Both types of faults occur at all scales and give rise...