The Carolina terrane in northwestern South Carolina: Insights into the development of an evolving island arc

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 237-256

  Dennis, Allen J ^a   Shervais, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIA; MAGNESITE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL LEVELS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; NORTH CAROLINA; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE; CADOMIAN OROGENY; FRACTIONATION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; PYROXENE; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; RIFTING; TERRANE; THOLEIITE; VOLCANIC ARC;

BRETAGNE; CAROLINA; FRANCE; NEW ENGLAND; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870787903     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.237     Document Type: Article

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