Geochemistry and tectonic significance of the Stony Mountain gabbro, North Carolina: Implications for the Early Paleozoic evolution of Carolinia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 500-515

  Pollock, Jeffrey C ^a   Hibbard, James P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Carolinia; Geochemistry; Nd isotopes; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAURENTIA; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74449093721     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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