The Persimmon Creek Gneiss, Eastern Blue Ridge, North Carolina-Georgia: Evidence for the missing taconic arc?

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-117

  McDowell, Susanne Meschter ^a   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Fullagar, Paul D ^a   Bream, Brendan R ^a   Mapes, Russell W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION; TACONIC OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036319312     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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