New insights into the history and origin of the southern Maya block, SE México: U-Pb-SHRIMP zircon geochronology from metamorphic rocks of the Chiapas massif

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-269

  Weber, Bodo ^a   Iriondo, Alexander ^b,f   Premo, Wayne R ^c   Hecht, Lutz ^d   Schaaf, Peter ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Maya; Metamorphic rocks; SE M xico; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PERMIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947362883     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0093-7     Document Type: Article

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