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Champlain Thrust

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Nicholas W. Hayman and W. S. F. Kidd., Reactivation of prethrusting, synconvergence normal faults as ramps within the Ordovician Champlain-Taconic thrust system., Geological Society of America Bulletin (April 2002),
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Rolf Stanley, The Champlain thrust fault, Lone Rock Point, Burlington, Vermont., Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide--Northeast Section, 1987
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rocks. The Middle Ordovician accretion of the one or more island arcs terranes drove the initial thrusting during the
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passive margin shelf rocks westward by about 30–50 miles (48–80 km) and places them on top of
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can be seen thrust on top of the Middle Ordovician Iberville shales.
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Photos of the thrust from Lone Rock Point, Burlington Vermont
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Champlain Thrust Fault, Lone Rock Point, Burlington Vermont
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The thrust fault is exposed to the north of the city of
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Orogeny
Age of rock
fault
Quebec
Vermont
Champlain Valley
New York
Catskills
Hudson Valley
thrust fault
Cambrian
Ordovician
Middle Ordovician
Taconic Orogeny
Acadian Orogeny
Burlington, Vermont
Lake Champlain
Lone Rock Point
Lower Cambrian
Dolomite
"The Champlain Thrust…what is it?"
Vermont State Geologic Survey Website
Photos of the thrust from Lone Rock Point, Burlington Vermont
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Vermont
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expanding it
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