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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
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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

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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
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