Nature of the crust in Maine, USA: Evidence from the Sebago batholith

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-59

  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

BATHOLITH; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERMIAN; SEBAGO BATHOLITH;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0030435529     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050205     Document Type: Article

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