Constraints on the location of the Carolina/Avalon terrane boundary in the southernmost exposed Appalachians, western Georgia and eastern Alabama

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 314, Issue , 1997, Pages 15-24

  Hanley, Thomas B ^a   Chalokwu, Christopher I ^b   Steltenpohl, Mark G ^b  

^a University System of Georgia   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; APPALACHIAN; APPALACHIANS; COASTAL PLAIN; EARLY CAMBRIANS; FIELD MAPPING; STRUCTURAL FORM; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

LANDFORMS;

FAULT ZONE; PIEDMONT; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

ALABAMA; APPALACHIANS; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870769583     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2314-0.15     Document Type: Article

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