Oxygen isotope trends of granitic magmatism in the Great Basin: Location of the Precambrian craton boundary as reflected in zircons

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 451-462

  King, Elizabeth M ^a   Valley, John W ^b   Stockli, Daniel F ^c   Wright, James E ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Oxygen isotopes; Terrane boundaries; Zircon

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ZIRCONS; MAGMAS;

CATCHMENTS; GRANITE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; ZIRCON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; CRATON; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; ZIRCON;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842585539     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25324.1     Document Type: Article

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