Elemental composition of the Alleghanian granitoid plutons of the southern Appalachians

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 191, Issue , 1997, Pages 287-308

  Speer, J Alexander ^a   Hoff, Kevin ^b  

^a Mineralogical Society of America   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; HEMATITE; MAGNESIA; ROCKS; SILICA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; CARBONIFEROUS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; GRABEN; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PERMIAN; PLUTONIC ROCK; PLUTONISM;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84870800869     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1191-6.287     Document Type: Article

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