Gunbarrel mafic magmatic event: A key 780 Ma time marker for Rodinia plate reconstructions

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1053-1056

  Harlan, Stephen S ^a   Heaman, Larry ^b   LeCheminant, Anthony N ^c   Premo, Wayne R ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dike swarms; Geochronology; Mafic magmatism; Rifting; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCKS; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DIKE SWARMS; MAGMATISMS; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; RODINIA;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL PLUMES; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; REPAIR;

ROCKS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; ASTHENOSPHERE; BADDELEYITE; CRATON; DIKE SWARM; LAURENTIA; RIFTING; UPWELLING;

NORTH AMERICA; CANADIAN SHIELD; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642538971     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19944.1     Document Type: Article

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