Paleocurrent analysis of a deformed Devonian foreland basin in the northern Appalachians, Maine, USA
Sedimentary Geology
By: D. C. Bradley and L.S. Hanson
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Abstract
New paleocurrent data indicate that the widespread Late Silurian and Devonian flysch and molasse succession in Maine was deposited in an ancestral, migrating foreland basin adjacent to an advancing Acadian orogenic belt. The foreland-basin sequence spread across a varied Silurian paleogeography of deep basins and small islands-the vestiges of an intraoceanic arc complex that not long before had collided with the Laurentian passive margin during the Ordovician Taconic Orogeny. We report paleocurrents from 43 sites representing 12 stratigraphic units, the most robust and consistent results coming from three units: Madrid Formation (southwesterly paleoflow), Carrabassett Formation (northerly paleoflow), and Seboomook Group (westerly paleoflow). Deformation and regional metamorphism are sufficiently intense to test the limits of paleocurrent analysis requiring particular care in retrodeformation. ?? 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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Bradley, D.C., Hanson, L., 2002, Paleocurrent analysis of a deformed Devonian foreland basin in the northern Appalachians, Maine, USA: Sedimentary Geology, v. 148, no. 3-4, p. 425-447, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00161-0.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Paleocurrent analysis of a deformed Devonian foreland basin in the northern Appalachians, Maine, USA |
| Series title | Sedimentary Geology |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00161-0 |
| Volume | 148 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Sedimentary Geology |
| First page | 425 |
| Last page | 447 |