- New York-Alabama Lineament
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The New York-Alabama Lineament is a magnetic anomaly in the geology of eastern North America running from Alabama to New York. The lineament is defined by discontinuities in aeromagnetic measurements indicating an approximately 220-kilometre (140 mi) displacement of buried geologic structures along this line. The displacement is attributed to the presence of a deeply buried strike-slip fault, possibly dating to the general time of the Grenville orogeny. The lineament was first described in 1978.[1] The fault zone has been associated with the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone.[2]
References
- ^ Steltenpohl, Mark G.; Zeitz, Isidore; Horton, J. Wright Jr.; Daniels, David L. (27 January 2010). "New York–Alabama lineament: A buried right-slip fault bordering the Appalachians and mid-continent North America". Geology. http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/6/571.abstract. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ O'Hanlon, Larry (May 28, 2010). "San Andreas-like fault found in eastern U.S.". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37407341/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/san-andreas-like-fault-found-eastern-us/#.TlRal1l9pEM. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
Brothers Fault Zone • Clarendon-Linden fault system • Denali Fault • Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone • Humboldt Fault • Independence Valley fault system • Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system • Marianna Fault • Moab Fault • New Madrid Seismic Zone • Ramapo Fault • San Andreas Fault • Seattle Fault • Tacoma Fault • Tintina Fault • Wabash Valley Seismic Zone • Wasatch FaultCategories:- Geology of Alabama
- Geology of Tennessee
- Geology of West Virginia
- Geology of Pennsylvania
- Geology of New York
- Magnetic anomalies
- Seismic faults of the United States
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