Glacially influenced sedimentation in the late Neoproterozoic Mechum River Formation, Blue Ridge Province, Virginia

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 623-626

  Bailey, Christopher M ^a   Peters, Shanan E ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAMINATING; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; BLUE RIDGES; COARSE-GRAINED; COLD CLIMATE; GLACIAL TILL; GROUNDING LINE; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; VIRGINIA;

RIVERS;

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; BASEMENT ROCK; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; RHYTHMITE; TURBIDITE;

BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; MECHUMS RIVER;

EID: 0031726280     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0623:GISITL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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