Tectonic architecture of an arc-arc collision zone, Newfoundland Appalachians

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 436, Issue , 2008, Pages 309-333

  Zagorevski, Alexandre ^a   Staal, Cees R Van ^a,c   Mcnicoll, Vicki ^a   Rogers, Neil ^a   Valverde Vaquero, Pablo ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arc arc collision; Dunnage Zone; Red Indian Line; Sandbian and Katian black shale; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; MINERAL RESOURCES; OIL SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACTIVE MARGINS; ARC COLLISIONS; BLACK SHALES; MODERN ANALOGUES; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; RADIOGENIC LEADS; RED INDIAN LINE; TECTONIC HISTORY;

SHALE;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE MARGIN; ARC-ARC COLLISION; BLACK SHALE; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCONFORMITY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; CORAL SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MOLUCCA SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); SOLOMON SEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 75349096985     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2436(14)     Document Type: Article

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