Isotopic age constraints and metamorphic history of the talladega belt: New evidence for timing of arc magmatism and terrane emplacement along the Southern laurentian margin

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-561

  McClellan, Elizabeth A ^a   Steltenpohl, Mark G ^a,b   Thomas, Christopher ^a,c   Miller, Calvin F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

PERIASTRON;

EID: 34548629298     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519777     Document Type: Article

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