The New River Belt: A unique segment along the western margin of the Avalon composite terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 149-164

  Johnson, Susan C ^a   McLeod, Malcolm J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD ALLOYS; LIME; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

CAMBRIANS; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; LATE ORDOVICIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTONIC ROCKS; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UNIQUE SEQUENCE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; RHYOLITE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON GROUP;

AVALON PENINSULA; CANADA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEW BRUNSWICK; NEW RIVER BASIN [FLORIDA]; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870792194     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.149     Document Type: Article

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