Eocene basalt volcanism in Central Virginia: Implications for Cenozoic tectonism

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-122

  Furman, Tanya ^a   Gittings, Hilary ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; EOCENE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PLATE MOTION; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0347657529     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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