Neoproterozoic and Cambrian U-Pb (zircon) ages from Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick: Implications for stratigraphy and northern Appalachian terrane correlations

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 911-923

  Miller, B V ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^b   Black, R S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GRANITE; MARBLE; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

FOSSIL; OFFSHORE ISLANDS; TERRANE; XENOLITHS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CORRELATION; FELSIC ROCK; FOSSIL RECORD; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; GRAND MANAN ISLAND; KENT ISLAND; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35448987729     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-132     Document Type: Article

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