Age and isotopic composition of the Appling granite, eastern Georgia

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Heatherington, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; PERMIAN;

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EID: 0032445283     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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