Age and origin of authigenic K-feldspar in uppermost Precambrian rocks in the North American Midcontinent

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-433

  Liu, Junzhe ^a   Hay, Richard L ^b   Deino, Alan ^c   Kyser, T K ^d  

^a AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Authigenic K feldspar; Fluid inclusions; Potassic alteration; Saprolite

Indexed keywords

GRAINED CRYSTALS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; KAOLIN; ROCKS; WEATHERING;

FELDSPAR;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METASOMATISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; PRECAMBRIAN;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037627487     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0422:AAOOAK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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