Carolina terrane

The Carolina terrane is a terrane in northwestern South Carolina, a volcanic island arc in the Southern Alleghenian orogeny.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Dennis, Allen J., and James E. Wright (1997), "The Carolina terrane in northwestern South Carolina, U.S.A.: Late Precambrian-Cambrian deformation and metamorphism in a peri-Gondwanan oceanic arc," Tectonics, 16(3), pp. 460–473.

Coordinates: 33°30′22″N 81°57′54″W / 33.5062469°N 81.9651152°W / 33.5062469; -81.9651152


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