Paleozoic orogens in New England, USA

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Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-148

  Robinson, Peter ^a,b   Tucker, Robert D ^c   Bradley, Dwight ^d   Berry, Henry N ^e   Osberg, Philip H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian; Alleghanian; Deformation; Geochronology; Metamorphism; Northern appalachians; Plate tectonics; Plutonism; Stratigraphy; Taconian

Indexed keywords

ENTOVALVA; IMPLETA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0348194932     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899801202119     Document Type: Article

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