Geochemical and metallogenic contrasts in Paleozoic granitic rocks of the northern New England Appalachians

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 331, Issue , 1999, Pages 121-154

  Ayuso, Robert A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; EUROPIUM; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; METEORITES; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSITS; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES;

CHONDRITE NORMALIZED PATTERN; DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; GRANITIC ROCKS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; SILURIAN-DEVONIAN; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

GRANITE;

ANOMALY; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METALLOGENESIS; PALEOZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILURIAN; TRACE ELEMENT;

APPALACHIANS; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542523580     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2331-0.121     Document Type: Article

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