Vestige of the Rheic Ocean in North America: The Acailán complex of southern México

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 437-452

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Miller, Brent V ^b   Keppie, J Duncan ^c   Murphy, J Brendan ^d   Dostal, Jaroslav ^e  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acatl n complex; Geochronology; M xico; PaleoPacific; Paleozoic; Rheic Ocean

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; PALEOPACIFIC; PALEOZOIC; RHEIC OCEAN; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT;

DEPOSITION;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL RISE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GRANITOID; IAPETUS OCEAN; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATIZATION; MISSISSIPPIAN; OCEAN; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLUME; SILURIAN; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRENCH;

COLOMBIA; MAGDALENA [COLOMBIA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 75749145158     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2423(21)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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