Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of early Silurian clastic sequences in Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: Constraints on the accretion of Avalonia in the Appalachian - Caledonide Orogen

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-388

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Dostal, Jarda ^b   Waldron, John W F ^b   Cude, Mary Pat ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AVALONIA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILURIAN; TERRANE;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, ANTIGONISH HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0029729331     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-028     Document Type: Article

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