Mesoproterozoic geology of the Blue Ridge province in north-central Virginia: Petrologic and structural perspectives on Grenvillian orogenesis and Paleozoic tectonic processes

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1264, 2004, Pages 17-75

  Tollo, Richard P ^a   Bailey, Christopher M ^b   Borduas, Elizabeth A ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244242376     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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