Confirmation of the Carolina Slate Belt as an Exotic Terrane

1983131 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Donald T. Secor · University of South Carolina

Sara L. Samson · University of South Carolina

Arthur W. Snoke · University of South Carolina

Allison R. Palmer · Geological Society of America

Abstract

An assemblage of Middle Cambrian Atlantic faunal province trilobites has been found in the rocks of the Carolina slate belt near Batesburg, South Carolina. Geologic and paleomagnetic data suggest that the Carolina slate belt and the adjacent Charlotte belt constitute an exotic terrane that was accreted to North America in early to middle Paleozoic time.

Topics & Keywords

Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 221, Issue 4611, pp. 649-651

DOI: 10.1126/science.221.4611.649

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