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Title: Geology of the Southeast Durham and Southwest Durham 7. 5-minute Quadrangles, North Carolina

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OSTI ID:6700304

The Southeast Durham and Southwest Durham 7.5-minute Quadrangles include a 26 kilometer transect of the Durham Triassic basin from the Jonesboro fault on the southeastern side of this half-graben structure to a bounding unconformity on the northwestern side. The basin is filled with non-marine, primarily fluvial, clastic deposits of the Late Triassic Chatham Group. The Chatham Group rocks are intruded by Early Jurassic diabase as dikes and sheets. Bordering rocks are pre-Mesozoic intrusive, metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Carolina slate belt. This paper discusses the geology of the Southeast Durham and Southwest Durham Quadrangles. 37 refs., 17 figs.

Research Organization:
North Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources and Community Development, Raleigh, NC (USA). Div. of Land Resources
Sponsoring Organization:
NCGS
OSTI ID:
6700304
Report Number(s):
NCGS/BULL-92; ON: TI90015808
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English