Precise U-Pb zircon constraints on the earliest magmatic history of the Carolina terrane

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-338

  Wortman, Greg L ^a,b   Samson, Scott D ^a   Hibbard, James P ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033943503     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314401     Document Type: Article

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