Tectonic setting and regional correlation of Ordovician metavolcanic rocks of the Casco Bay Group, Maine: Evidence from trace element and isotope geochemistry

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-140

  West Jr , David P ^a   Coish, Raymond A ^a   Tomascak, Paul B ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Geochemistry; Maine; Ordovician; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

APPALACHIANS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MAINE; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; ORDOVICIAN;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CASCO BAY; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542552764     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008562     Document Type: Article

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