Detrital zircon geochronology of the Smith River Allochthon and Lynchburg Group, southern Appalachians: Implications for Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian paleogeography

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 279-304

  Carter, Brad T ^a   Hibbard, James P ^a   Tubrett, Mike ^b   Sylvester, Paul ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon chemistry; Early Cambrian; eastern Laurentian margin; Lynchburg Group; Smith River Allochthon; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PIEDMONT; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744926678     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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