Stratigraphy and eruptive history of the Late Devonian Mount Pleasant Caldera Complex, Canadian Appalachians

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-36

  Mccutcheon, S R ^a   Anderson, H E ^b   Robinson, P T ^c  

^a New Brunswick Dept Nat Rsrc Ener   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN OROGENY; CALDERA; DEVONIAN; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; VOLCANOSEDIMENTARY ROCK;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, APPALACHIAN'S;

EID: 0030844788     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897006213     Document Type: Article

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