Nature and evolution of the eastern margin of lapetus: Geochemical and isotopic constraints from Siluro-Devonian granitoid plutons in the New Brunswick Appalachians

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-155

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   Jenner, George A ^b   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^c   Hegner, Ernst ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEVONIAN; GRANITOID; IAPETUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; SILURIAN;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0029775649     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-014     Document Type: Article

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