Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Suwannee terrane: Implications for terrane correlation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 257-268

  Heatherington, A L ^a   Mueller, P A ^a   Nutman, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; GRANODIORITE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENIC EVENTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; CRYSTALLIZATION; DACITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; GRANODIORITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; OROGENIC BELT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALABAMA; CAROLINA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84870844482     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.257     Document Type: Article

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