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U-Pb ages of metarhyolites of the Catoctin and Mount Rogers formations, Central and Southern Appalachians; evidence for two pulses of Iapetan rifting
John N. Aleinikoff, Robert E. Zartman, Marianne Walter, Douglas W. Rankin, Peter T. Lyttle and William C. Burton
American Journal of Science April 1995, 295 (4) 428-454; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.295.4.428
John N. Aleinikoff
Robert E. Zartman
Marianne Walter
Douglas W. Rankin
Peter T. Lyttle


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U-Pb ages of metarhyolites of the Catoctin and Mount Rogers formations, Central and Southern Appalachians; evidence for two pulses of Iapetan rifting
John N. Aleinikoff, Robert E. Zartman, Marianne Walter, Douglas W. Rankin, Peter T. Lyttle, William C. Burton
American Journal of Science Apr 1995, 295 (4) 428-454; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.295.4.428
U-Pb ages of metarhyolites of the Catoctin and Mount Rogers formations, Central and Southern Appalachians; evidence for two pulses of Iapetan rifting
John N. Aleinikoff, Robert E. Zartman, Marianne Walter, Douglas W. Rankin, Peter T. Lyttle, William C. Burton
American Journal of Science Apr 1995, 295 (4) 428-454; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.295.4.428
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