Architecture of a 1.38-1.34 Ga granite-rhyolite complex as revealed by geochronology and isotopic and elemental geochemistry of subsurface samples from west Texas, USA

Precambrian Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 9-43

  Barnes, Melanie A ^a,b   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^b   Williams, Ian ^c   Asquith, George B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granite; Laurentia; Mesoproterozoic; Nd isotopes; North America; Rhyolite; U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; GALLIUM; ISOTOPE; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LAURENTIA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OXIDATION; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037147170     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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