The origin of sandstone xenoliths in the mole hill basalt, Rockingham county, Virginia: Implications for magma ascent and crustal structure in the western Shenandoah Valley

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 95-118

  Johnson, Elizabeth A ^a   Kiracofe, Zachary A ^a   Haynes, John T ^a   Nashimoto, Kane ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHERT; CONTACT ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DOLOSTONE; EOCENE; FLUID INCLUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; XENOLITH;

HARRISONBURG; ROCKINGHAM COUNTY [VIRGINIA]; SHENANDOAH VALLEY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84878470407     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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