U-Pb monazite geochronology of granitic rocks from Maine: Implications for Late Paleozoic tectonics in the northern Appalachians

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-195

  Tomascak, Paul B ^a   Krogstad, Eirik J ^a   Walker, Richard J ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT AGE; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; MISSISSIPPIAN; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0029778536     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629813     Document Type: Article

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