U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of a portion of the Mars Hill terrane, North Carolina-Tennessee: Constraints on origin, history, and tectonic assembly

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 609-632

  Ownby, Steven E ^a,d   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Berquist, Peter J ^a   Carrigan, Charles W ^a,d   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Fullagar, Paul D ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Granulite facies; Grenville; Nd isotopes; Proterozoic; SHRIMP; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIANS; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLE; ND ISOTOPES; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP;

GALLIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870851358     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.609     Document Type: Article

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