Discrimination of the Milton belt and the Carolina terrane in the southern Appalachians: A Nd isotopic approach

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-247

  Wortman, Greg L ^a   Samson, Scott D ^a   Hibbard, James P ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; TERRANE;

USA, APPALACHIANS, CAROLINA TERRANE; USA, APPALACHIANS, MILTON BELT;

EID: 0029730635     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629818     Document Type: Article

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