Multiple reactivations of accreted terrane boundaries: An example from the Carolina terrane, Brookneal, Virginia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 314, Issue , 1997, Pages 49-63

  Gates, Alexander E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEPOSITS;

EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; PLATE MOTIONS; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENTS; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; MESOZOIC; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PIEDMONT; PLUTON; REACTIVATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SEDIMENTATION; TACONIC OROGENY; TERRANE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0008298738     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2314-0.49     Document Type: Article

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