The Carolina zone: Overview of neoproterozoic to early paleozoic peri-gondwanan terranes along the eastern flank of the southern Appalachians

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 299-339

  Hibbard, James P ^a   Stoddard, Edward F ^a   Secor, Donald T ^b   Dennis, Allen J ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina terrane; Carolina zone; Neoproterozoic arcs; Peri Gondwanan terranes; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036072761     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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