Tectonic history of the Blue Ridge, north-central Virginia

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 113-134

  Bailey, Christopher M ^a   Southworth, Scott ^b   Tollo, Richard P ^c  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grenvillian; Iapetan rifting; Mesoproterozoic; Mylonites; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

GRENVILLIAN; IAPETAN RIFTING; MESOPROTEROZOIC; MYLONITES; NEOPROTEROZOIC;

TECTONICS;

EID: 85065263620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.fld008(07)     Document Type: Article

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