Grenvillian magmatism in the northern Virginia Blue Ridge: Petrologic implications of episodic granitic magma production and the significance of postorogenic A-type charnockite

Precambrian Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 224-264

  Tollo, Richard P ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Borduas, Elizabeth A ^a   Dickin, Alan P ^c   McNutt, Robert H ^c   Fanning, C Mark ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A type; Blue Ridge; Charnockite; Grenville; Nd isotopes; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; BIOTITE; CHARNOCKITE; EPISODIC EVENT; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LEUCOGRANITE; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATISM; MONAZITE; PETROLOGY; THOLEIITE; TONALITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33751325718     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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