Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and geochronology of the Proterozoic Mazatzal Group, central Arizona

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1535-1549

  Cox, Rónadh ^a   Martin, Mark W ^b   Comstock, Jana C ^a   Dickerson, Laura S ^c   Ekstrom, Ingrid L ^d   Sammons, James H ^e  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc; Arizona; Orogeny; Proterozoic; U Pb correlation

Indexed keywords

TECTONIC ACTIVITY;

EROSION; FILLING; QUARTZ; SHALE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347294795     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1535:SSAGOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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