Detrital zircon evidence of Laurentian crustal dominance in the lower Pennsylvanian deposits of the Alleghanian clastic wedge in eastern North America

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 59-86

  Becker, Thomas P ^a   Thomas, William A ^a   Samson, Scott D ^b   Gehrels, George E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleghanian; Appalachian basin; Detrital zircon; Geochronology; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; OROGENY; PENNSYLVANIAN; ZIRCON;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29544446956     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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