Neoproterozoic juvenile crust development in the peri-Rodinian ocean: Implications for Grenvillian orogenesis

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 135-144

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Dostal, Jaroslav ^b   Nance, R Damian ^c   Keppie, J Duncan ^d  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Grenville; Rodinia; Sm Nd isotopes; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECYCLING;

GONDWANA; GRENVILLE; RODINIA; SM-ND ISOTOPE; SUPERCONTINENTS;

SAMARIUM ALLOYS;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; GONDWANA; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SAMARIUM;

EID: 84870813359     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.135     Document Type: Article

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