Age and zircon inheritance of eastern blue ridge plutons, southwestern North Carolina and northeastern Georgia, with implications for magma history and evolution of the southern appalachian orogen

American Journal of Science

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-172

  Miller, Calvin F ^a   Hatcher Jr , Robert D ^b,c   Ayers, John C ^a   Coath, Christopher D ^d   Harrison, T Mark ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034403913     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.300.2.142     Document Type: Article

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