U-Pb geochronology of zircon and monazite from Mesoproterozoic granitic gneisses of the northern Blue Ridge, Virginia and Maryland, USA

Precambrian Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 113-146

  Aleinikoff, John N ^a   Burton, William C ^a   Lyttle, Peter T ^a   Nelson, Arthur E ^a   Southworth, C Scott ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Ridge; Grenville; Mesoproterozoic; Monazite; U Pb absolute age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034651070     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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