Altering Avalonia: Oxygen isotopes and terrane distinction in the Appalachian peri-Gondwanan realm

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 815-825

  Potter, Joanna ^a   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^b   Thompson, Margaret D ^c   White, Chris E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

OXYGEN;

AVALONIA; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; OROGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TERRANE;

AVALON ZONE; BEJA [PORTUGAL]; BOSTON; CALEDONIA COUNTY; CANADA; CAPE BRETON; EURASIA; EUROPE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIRA RIVER; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 50849096137     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-024     Document Type: Article

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