Petrographic and geochemical comparisons between the lower crystalline basement-derived section and the granite megablock and amphibolite megablock of the Eyreville B core, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 458, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-275

  Townsend, Gabrielle N ^a   Gibson, Roger L ^a   Horton, J Wright ^b   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^a,c   Schmitt, Ralf T ^c   Bartosova, Katerina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CALCITE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MICA; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOTITE GRANITE; CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GEOCHEMICALS; K-FELDSPAR; MEGA BLOCKS; MICA SCHISTS; PROTOLITHS; SILICATE ROCKS; VIRGINIA;

PLAGIOCLASE;

AMPHIBOLITE; CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PETROGRAPHY; SCHIST;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949135099     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2458(13)     Document Type: Article

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