The vernon supersuite: Mesoproterozoic A-type granitoid rocks in the New Jersey highlands

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Volkert, Richard A ^a   Drake Jr , Avery Ala ^b  

^a New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID;

EID: 0031713026     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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