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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

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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
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