Insights into southern Appalachian tectonics from ages of detrital monazite and zircon in modern alluvium

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 494-512

  Moecher, David ^a   Hietpas, Jack ^b   Samson, Scott ^b   Chakraborty, Suvankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATING METHOD; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAULT ZONE; ION MICROPROBE; LITHOLOGY; MONAZITE; ORTHOGNEISS; TRIBUTARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

FRENCH BROAD RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054717110     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00615.1     Document Type: Article

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