Geochemical and petrologic evidence of Avalonian arc to rift transition from granitoids in southeastern Rhode Island

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 193-206

  Mancuso, C I ^a   Gates, A E ^a   Puffer, J H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; TEXTURES;

ARC MAGMATISM; COMPRESSIONAL; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; GEOCHEMICAL AFFINITY; MAGMATIC ARCS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; RHODE ISLAND;

GRANITE;

FELDSPAR GROUP; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRANITOID; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PLUTONISM; RIFT ZONE;

AVALON ZONE; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870817677     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.193     Document Type: Article

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