Geochemical and geochronological evidence for Devonian magmatism revealed in the Maidens gneiss, Goochland terrane, Virginia

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 725-738

  Owens, Brent E ^a   Buchwaldt, Robert ^a   Shirvell, Catherine R ^b  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ACADIAN OROGENY; ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; AGE DETERMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MESOPROTEROZOIC AGE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

GOOCHLAND COUNTY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79960106137     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.1206(28)     Document Type: Article

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