Volcanic arc emplacement onto the southernmost Appalachian Laurentian shelf: Characteristics and constraints

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Tull, James F ^a   Barineau, Clinton I ^a   Mueller, Paul A ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Blue Ridge; Hillabee; Talla dega belt; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

OROGENIC SEGMENT; RIDGE; VOLCANIC ARC;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; MISSISSIPPIAN; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947369455     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25998.1     Document Type: Article

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