Geology and geochemistry of granitic and charnockitic rocks in the central Lovingston massif of the Grenvillian Blue Ridge terrane

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 549-569

  Hughes, Scott S ^a   Lewis, Sharon E ^b   Bartholomew, Mervin J ^c   Sinha, A Krishna ^d   Herz, Norman ^e  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Perpetual Metals   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Charnockite; Geochemistry; Lovingston massif

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; MICA; PETROLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANORTHOSITE; CHARNOCKITE; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; GRANULITE FACIES; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; LOVINGSTON MASSIF; MOBILE ELEMENTS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ANORTHOSITE; CHARNOCKITE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; IRON OXIDE; PALEOZOIC; TITANIUM;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949853296     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.549     Document Type: Article

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