The origin and tectonic significance of the mafic-ultramafic association in the central Virginia Blue Ridge post-Grenville cover sequence

The question of whether the mafic and ultramafic rocks of the central Virginia Blue Ridge are part of a Late Proterozoic to Ordovician ophiolite-bearing sequence or part of an intrusive-extrusive sequence related to the Late Proterozoic Iapetan rifting has major implications for Appalachian tectonic...

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Main Author: Thompson, Wendi R.
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44509
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292008-063748/