Thermochronology of the Grenville Orogeny in west Texas

Precambrian Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 23-54

  Grimes, Stephen W ^a,c   Copeland, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Geochronology; Grenville; Metamorphism; Rodinia; West Texas

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBONIC ACID;

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; RODINIA; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPRESSION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT; STONE FORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842505692     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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