U-Pb geochronology of late palaeozoic plutons, Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for late Devonian emplacement adjacent to the Meguma-Avalon terrane boundary in the Canadian Appalachians

Geological Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-188

  Doig, Ronald ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Pe Piper, Georgia ^c   Piper, David J W ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Avalon Meguma terrane boundary; Geochronology; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE BOUNDARY; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, COBEQUID HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0029751781     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199606)31:2<179::AID-GJ708>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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