The Ellsworth terrane, coastal Maine: Geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd-Pb isotopic composition - Implications for the rifting of Ganderia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1134-1158

  Schulz, Klaus J ^a   Stewart, David B ^a   Tucker, Robert D ^a,b   Pollock, Jeffrey C ^c,d   Ayuso, Robert A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanics; Ellsworth terrane; Ganderia; MORB; Northern Appalachians; Peri Gondwana terranes; Proto oceanic rift; Tholeiitic rhyolite

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL VOLCANICS; ELLSWORTH TERRANE; GANDERIA; MORB; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; PERI-GONDWANA TERRANES; PROTO-OCEANIC RIFT; THOLEIITIC RHYOLITE;

BASALT; CAVITY RESONATORS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER ZINC DEPOSITS; EARTH SCIENCES; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LANTHANUM; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEPARATION; SILICATE MINERALS; TANTALUM; TECTONICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLCANOES; ZINC; ZINC DEPOSITS; ZINC SULFIDE; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

LEAD ALLOYS;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FAULT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

ANTARCTICA; APPALACHIANS; ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA; UNITED STATES; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 54849442493     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26336.1     Document Type: Article

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