Paleozoic structure of internal basement massifs, southern Appalachian Blue Ridge, incorporating new geochronologic, Nd and Sr isotopic, and geochemical data

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 525-547

  Hatcher Jr , Robert D ^a   Bream, Brendan R ^a   Miller, Calvin F ^b   Eckert Jr , James O ^c   Fullagar, Paul D ^d   Carrigan, Charles W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Eastern Blue Ridge; Grenvillian internal basement massifs; Tallulah Falls dome; Toxaway dome; Trimont Ridge complex

Indexed keywords

DOMES; ION MICROSCOPES; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; ROCKS; SHELLFISH; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGES; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GRENVILLIAN INTERNAL BASEMENT MASSIFS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; NORTH CAROLINA; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; TRIMONT RIDGE COMPLEX;

BUILDINGS;

ANTICLINE; BASEMENT ROCK; DOME; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044458903     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.525     Document Type: Article

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