Mesoproterozoic and Paleoproterozoic crustal growth in the eastern Grenville Province: Nd isotope evidence from the Long Range inlier of the Appalachian orogen

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 495-503

  Dickin, Alan P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachian orogen; Crustal growth; Grenville Province; Nd isotopes; Newfoundland

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; ND ISOTOPES; NEWFOUNDLANDS;

ISOTOPES;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LAURENTIA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; PLUTONISM; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 33644893281     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.495     Document Type: Article

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