Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Catoctin Volcanic Province, central Appalachians

The Catoctin Volcanic Province represents a sequence of rift related tholeiitic magmas erupted during late Precambrian opening of the Iapetus ocean basin. Three transects have been mapped across the province in northern Virginia in order to demonstrate that there is a mappable stratigraphy and to pr...

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Main Author: Badger, Robert L.
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26358
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03042009-041139/