U-Pb detrital zircon analysis of sedimentary rocks of the southeastern New England Avalon terrane in the U.S. Appalachians: Evidence for a separate crustal block

• Main Authors: Kuiper, Yvette D., Murray, Daniel P., Ellison, Sonia, Crowley, James L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2022
• Subjects: Canada; Hope Valley; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/geo_facpubs/143; https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2554(05

The Avalon terrane of southeastern New England is a composite terrane in which various crustal blocks may have different origins and/or tectonic histories. The northern part (west and north of Boston, Massachusetts) correlates well with Avalonian terranes in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunsw...