40Ar-39Ar white mica ages reveal Neoproterozoic/Paleozoic provenance and an Alleghanian overprint in coeval Upper Ordovician-Lower Devonian rocks of Meguma and Avalonia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 265-276

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Collins, Alan S ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Appalachian orogen; Avalon; Geochronology; Mica; Rheic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; AVALONIA; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC;

CANADA; MEGUMA TERRANE; NORTH AMERICA;

MICAS;

EID: 55549135025     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.033     Document Type: Article

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