Northern ancestry for the Goochland terrane as a displaced fragment of Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 669-672

  Bartholomew, Mervin J ^a   Tollo, Richard P ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Goochland terrane; Grenvillian; Iapetan; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRAL POSITION; METAMORPHISMS; APPALACHIAN; GOOCHLAND TERRANE; GRENVILLIAN; IAPETAN; RODINIA;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TERRANE; AMPHIBOLITE; ANORTHOSITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRATON; DEVONIAN; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; FRAGMENTATION; GNEISS; IAPETUS OCEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CRUST; PIEDMONT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

APPALACHIANS; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 4344664693     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20520.1     Document Type: Article

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