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Monroe Border Fault

National Natural Landmark

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Photo of Monroe Border Fault
IN BRIEF
The Monroe Border Fault illustrates an episode of orogenic compression in which Precambrian rocks were thrust northward over lower Paleozoic deposits. Ownership: State, private.

DESIGNATION DATE
1980



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