Contiguous rather than discrete Paleozoic histories for the Avalon and Meguma terranes based on detrital zircon data

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 585-588

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^b   Keppie, J Duncan ^c   Jeffries, Teresa E ^d  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acadian orogeny; Appalachian orogen; Avalonia; Meguma terrane

Indexed keywords

MEGUMA TERRANE; RHEIC OCEAN;

DATA REDUCTION; ISOTOPES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEVONIAN; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543088077     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20351.1     Document Type: Article

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