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Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Blue Ridge basement in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A.: Implications for the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern Laurentian margin

D.P. Moecher, F.C. Harris, E.A. Larkin, R.J. Quinn, K.B. Walsh, D.F. Loughry, E.D. Anderson, S.D. Samson, A.M. Satkoski and E. Tohver
American Journal of Science October 2020, 320 (8) 677-729; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2020.02
D.P. Moecher
*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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E.A. Larkin
*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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D.F. Loughry Jr.
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E.D. Anderson
*University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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S.D. Samson
**Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse, New York 13244, U.S.A.
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A.M. Satkoski
**Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse, New York 13244, U.S.A.
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E. Tohver
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vol. 320 no. 8 677-729
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2020.02

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American Journal of Science
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0002-9599
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1945-452X
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  • Published online December 1, 2020.

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  1. D.P. Moecher*,
  2. F.C. Harris*,
  3. E.A. Larkin*,
  4. R.J. Quinn*,
  5. K.B. Walsh*,
  6. D.F. Loughry Jr.*,
  7. E.D. Anderson*,
  8. S.D. Samson**,
  9. A.M. Satkoski** and
  10. E. Tohver***
  1. *University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
  2. **Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse, New York 13244, U.S.A.
  3. ***Instituto de Geosciências, Universidade de São Paolo, 05508-080, São Paolo, Brazil
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Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Blue Ridge basement in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A.: Implications for the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern Laurentian margin
D.P. Moecher, F.C. Harris, E.A. Larkin, R.J. Quinn, K.B. Walsh, D.F. Loughry, E.D. Anderson, S.D. Samson, A.M. Satkoski, E. Tohver
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Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Blue Ridge basement in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A.: Implications for the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern Laurentian margin
D.P. Moecher, F.C. Harris, E.A. Larkin, R.J. Quinn, K.B. Walsh, D.F. Loughry, E.D. Anderson, S.D. Samson, A.M. Satkoski, E. Tohver
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