Isotopic evidence for the magmatic and tectonic histories of the Carolina terrane: Implications for stratigraphy and terrane affiliation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 187-211

  Ingle, Stephanie ^a   Mueller, Paul A ^a   Heatherington, Ann L ^a   Kozuch, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc accretion; Arc magmatism; Gondwana; Nd isotopes; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; SLATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042829422     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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