Evidence for Early Mesoproterozoic (and Older?) Crust in the Southern and Central Appalachians of North America

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 197-203

  Fullagar, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Mesoproterozoic; Rb Sr; Sm Nd; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0012757891     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70902-3     Document Type: Article

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