40Ar/39Ar dating of Silurian and late Devonian cleavages in lower greenschist-facies rocks in the Westminster terrane, Maryland, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 658-677

  Wintsch, R P ^a,b   Kunk, M J ^b   Mulvey, B K ^a   Southworth, C S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROLINAS; FAULT ZONE; GREENSCHIST; K-FELDSPAR; LATE DEVONIAN; MARYLAND; MARYLAND , USA; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; POTOMAC TERRANE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC HISTORY; WESTMINSTER;

ARGON; CRYPTOGRAPHY; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

ROCKS;

ALLEGHANIAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CLEAVAGE; CONVERGENCE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEVONIAN; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSCOVITE; PHYLLITE; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TERRANE; TRANSPRESSION;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953774758     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30030.1     Document Type: Article

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