Proterozoic geology of the east-central Midcontinent basement

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 308, Issue , 1996, Pages 7-32

  Van Schmus, W R ^a   Bickford, M E ^b   Turek, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD ALLOYS; LITHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRUSTAL SOURCES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SHARP BOUNDARIES; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

GRANITE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; RHYOLITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

HILLSDALE COUNTY; ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; OHIO; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870790269     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2308-6.7     Document Type: Article

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