Nd isotopic constraints on the magmatic history of the Goochland terrane, easternmost Grenvillian crust in the southern Appalachians

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 601-608

  Owens, Brent E ^a   Samson, Scott D ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goochland terrane; Grenville; Nd isotopes; Virginia

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PETROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GOOCHLAND TERRANE; GRENVILLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ND ISOTOPES; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; VIRGINIA;

FARMS;

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; GOOCHLAND COUNTY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79960079293     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.601     Document Type: Article

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