Cryptic crustal events elucidated through zone imaging and ion microprobe studies of zircon, southern Appalachian Blue Ridge, North Carolina-Georgia

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-422

  Miller, Calvin F ^a   Hatcher, Robert D ^b,c   Harrison, T Mark ^d   Coath, Christopher D ^d   Gorisch, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IONS; LEAD ALLOYS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZONING;

ARCHAEAN; BLUE RIDGES; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; CRUSTALS; GEORGIA; ION MICROPROBE; MULTI-STAGES; NORTH CAROLINA; PLUTONS; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS;

ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE DATING; ZIRCON; ZONING;

APPALACHIANS; USA;

EID: 84879879011     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0419:CCEETZ>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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