SHRIMP U-Pb evidence for a Late Silurian age of metasedimentary rocks in the Merrimack and Putnam-Nashoba terranes, eastern New England

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-167

  Wintsch, Robert P ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Walsh, G J ^c   Bothner, W A ^d   Hussey, II ^e   Fanning, C M ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^e BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FORMATION MECHANISM; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MONAZITE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PLUTON; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; SILURIAN; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LUDLOVIA;

EID: 34249724461     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/01.2007.05     Document Type: Article

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