Basement isotopic signatures and Neoproterozoic paleogeography of Avalonian-Cadomian and related terranes in the circum-North Atlantic

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 333-346

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; GALLIUM; LEAD ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

CENTRAL BRAZILS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; SUPERCONTINENTS;

ISOTOPES;

AVALONIA; BASEMENT ROCK; CADOMIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

AVALON ZONE; SPAIN;

EID: 84870798048     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.333     Document Type: Article

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