Petrography, structure, age, and thermal history of granitic coastal plain basement in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USGS-NASA Langley core, Hampton, Virginia

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1688, 2006, Pages

  Horton Jr , J Wright ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Kunk, Michael J ^b   Naeser, Charles W ^a   Naeser, Nancy D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CORE DRILLING; GRANITE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AGE; BASEMENT ROCK; COASTAL PLAIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GRANITE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; TERRANE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846798338     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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