New York–Alabama Lineament

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 {{convert|220|km|mi|adj=on}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Steltenpohl|first=Mark G.|author2=Zeitz, Isidore |author3=Horton, J. Wright Jr. |author4= Daniels, David L. |title=New York–Alabama lineament: A buried right-slip fault bordering the Appalachians and mid-continent North America|journal=Geology|date=January 27, 2010|volume=38|issue=6|pages=571–574| doi = 10.1130/G30978.1}} The fault zone has been associated with the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone.{{cite web|last=O'Hanlon|first=Larry|title=San Andreas-like fault found in eastern U.S.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna37407341|access-date=August 24, 2011|date=May 28, 2010}}