Geologic, geochemical, and tectonic setting of felsic metavolcanic rocks along the Alabama recess, southern Appalachian Blue Ridge

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-64

  Tull, James F ^a   Ragland, Paul C ^a   Durham, Roger B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032426803     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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