Mesoproterozoic magmatism and deformation in the northern Blue Ridge, Virginia and Maryland: Application of SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology and integrated field studies in the definition of Grenvillian tectonic history

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 795-836

  Southworth, Scott ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Tollo, Richard P ^c   Bailey, Christopher M ^d   Burton, William C ^a   Hackley, Paul C ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GRANULITE FACIES; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TECTONIC HISTORY; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATISM; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

LYCAEIDES ARGYROGNOMON;

EID: 79960098406     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.1206(31)     Document Type: Article

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