Petrology and isotopic composition of a Grenvillian basement fragment in the Northern Appalachian Orogen: Blair River Inlier, Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1777-1804

  Miller, Brent V ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Charnockite; Granulite; Mesoproterozoic; Nd isotopes; Petrology; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CHARNOCKITE; GRANULITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

BLAIR RIVER; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0034518763     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.12.1777     Document Type: Article

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