| Abstract: | The Falls Lake melange is a metamorphosed terrain composed of mafic and ultramafic blocks and pods of diverse shapes and sizes, dispersed without apparent stratigraphic continuity in a matrix of pelitic schist and biotite-muscovite-plagioclase-quartz-gneiss. Textural and structural relationships suggest formation by a combination of sedimentary and tectonic processes, perhaps in the accretionary wedge of a convergent plate margin. The Falls Lake melange and the overlying late Proterozoic to early Cambrian volcanic-arc terrain of the Carolina slate belt, were thrust upon a probable continental terrain of the Raleigh belt before overprinting by late Palaeozoic folding and metamorphism.-L.C.H. |
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| Citation Author: | Horton, Jr, J. W.; Blake, D. E.; Wylie, Jr, A. S.; Stoddard, E. F. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Metamorphosed melange terrane in the eastern Piedmont of North Carolina.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Horton, Jr, J. W.; Blake, D. E.; Wylie, Jr, A. S.; Stoddard, E. F. |
| Citation Start Page: | 551 |
| Citation Volume: | 14 |
| Citation Year: | 1986 |
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| Text: | Metamorphosed melange terrane in the eastern Piedmont of North Carolina.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Horton, Jr, J. W.; Blake, D. E.; Wylie, Jr, A. S.; Stoddard, E. F. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1986 00:00 -0600 |
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