Lithospheric sources of North Florida, USA tholeiites and implications for the origin of the Suwannee terrane

Lithos

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-233

  Heatherington, A L ^a   Mueller, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental lithospheric mantle; Florida; Mesozoic tholeiites; Suwannee terrane; Tholeiites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000049511     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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