Tectonic evolution of the eastern Llano uplift, central Texas: A record of Grenville orogenesis along the southern Laurentian margin

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 783-798

  Mosher, Sharon ^a   Hoh, April M ^a   Zumbro, Jostin A ^a,c   Reese, Joseph F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision; Grenville; Llano Uplift; Mesoproterozoic; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

COAL; DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; PILES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COLLISION; GRENVILLE; LLANO UPLIFT; MESOPROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LLANO UPLIFT; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870813546     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.783     Document Type: Article

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