Proterozoic evolution of the western margin of the Wyoming craton: Implications for the tectonic and magmatic evolution of the northern Rocky Mountains

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1601-1619

  Foster, David A ^a   Mueller, Paul A ^a   Mogk, David W ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Vogl, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MINERALIZATION; MOUNTAINS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATON; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING CRATON;

EID: 33947615787     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-052     Document Type: Article

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