Geology and Minerals

Churchland Plutonic Suite

The Churchland Plutonic Suite is a large granite body located in central North Carolina. Granites here date to the late Paleozoic as the supercontinent Pangea was in its compressional stage. This formation is also known as a post-metamorphic, Alleghanian-age granite plutons. Magma generation was related to shear zone melt during the late Alleghenian Orogeny.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Crater Lake National Park
• ▸LMS Stanier Class 8F 8233
• ▸Hōei eruption

Uncatalogued shelf

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