40Ar/39Ar evidence for ca. 1800 Ma tectonothermal activity along the great falls tectonic zone, central montana

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1719-1728

  Holm, Daniel ^a,b   Schneider, David ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TECTONOTHERMAL ACTIVITY;

TECTONICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037004628     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-069     Document Type: Review

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