Geological evolution of middle to late Paleozoic rocks in the Avalon terrane of northern mainland Nova Scotia, Canadian Appalachians: A record of tectonothermal activity along the northern margin of the Rheic Ocean in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 413-435

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachian orogen; Arisaig Group; Avalon terrane; Rheic Ocean

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; LEAD ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; ARISAIG GROUP; AVALON TERRANE; BASIN DEVELOPMENT; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INTENSE DEFORMATION; RHEIC OCEAN;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; AVALONIA; BALTICA; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION; CONVERGENCE; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; LOADING; MOVEMENT; PALEOZOIC; SILURIAN; TERRANE; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION; ZIRCON;

ANTIGONISH HIGHLANDS; APPALACHIANS; AVALON ZONE; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 75749105519     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2423(20)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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