Acadian orogeny: an abrupt and brief event.
Rubidium-strontium dating indicates the Barre-type granites in eastern Vermont were emplaced at least 380 x 10(6) years ago. This result suggests the Acadian orogeny was more abrupt than previously suspected, and is consistent with the hypothesis that the orogeny involves a collision between two sialic plates.
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