Petrologic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on the middle to late Paleozoic thermotectonic history of the southern Connecticut Valley zone, New England Appalachians

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-175

  Moecher, David P ^a   Cosca, Michael A ^b   Hanson, Gilbert N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COOLING; DOMES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; APPALACHIANS; COOLING HISTORY; LATE PALEOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PENNSYLVANIANS; THERMAL EVENTS; THERMAL PULSE; FINE GRAINED;

LANDFORMS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; COOLING; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; HORNBLENDE; MUSCOVITE; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOMETRY; ACADIAN; ALLEGHANIAN; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; METAMORPHISM; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CONNECTICUT VALLEY; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030805493     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0164:PAAAGC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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