Ion microprobe age and geochemistry of southern appalachian basement, with implications for Proterozoic and Paleozoic reconstructions

Precambrian Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-36

  Carrigan, Charles W ^a,e   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Fullagar, Paul D ^b   Bream, Brendan R ^c   Hatcher Jr , Robert D ^c   Coath, Christopher D ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Grenville; Southern; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; MICROANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037428101     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00113-4     Document Type: Article

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