Grenville age of basement rocks in Cape May NJ well: New evidence for Laurentian crust in U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain basement Chesapeake terrane

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 623-633

  Sheridan, Robert E ^a   Maguire, Timothy J ^a   Feigenson, Mark D ^a   Patino, Lina C ^a   Volkert, Richard A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514976     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(98)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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