Three tectonothermal pulses recorded in eclogite and amphibolite of the Eastern BlueRidge, Southern Appalachians

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 701-724

  Miller, Brent V ^a   Stewart, Kevin G ^b   Whitney, Donna L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCON;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; AMPHIBOLITE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASEMENT ROCK; ECLOGITE; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; LAURENTIA; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OUTCROP; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TACONIC OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960086948     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.1206(27)     Document Type: Article

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