Origin of the Lyme Dome and implications for the timing of multiple Alleghanian deformational and intrusive events in southern Connecticut

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-215

  Walsh, Gregory J ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Wintsch, Robert P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHANIAN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENY; PERMIAN; SOURCE ROCK; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

CONNECTICUT; LYME; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249661630     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/06.2007.06     Document Type: Article

References (100)

1. Aleinikoff, J. N., and Stoeser, D. B., 1989, Contrasting zircon morphology and U-Pb systematics in peralkaline and metaluminous post-orogenic granite complexes of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Chemical Geology (Isotope Geoscience Section), v. 101, p. 198-206.
2. Aleinikoff, J. N., Schenck, W. S., Plank, M. O., Srogi, L., Fanning, C. M., Kamo, S. L., and Bosbyshell, H., 2006, Deciphering igneous and metamorphic events in high grade rocks of the Wilmington Complex, Delaware: Morphology, CL and BSE zoning, and SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of zircon and monazite: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, n. 1-2, p. 39-64.
3. Aleinikoff, J. N., Wintsch, R. P., Tollo, R. P., and Unruh, D. M, 2007, Ages and origin of the Killingworth dome, south-central Connecticut: Implications for the tectonic evolution of southern New England: American Journal of Science, v. 307, p. 63-118.
4. Barr, S. M., and Hegner, E., 1992, Nd isotopic compositions of felsic igneous rocks in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29, p. 650-657.
5. Barr, S. M., Davis, D. W., Kamo, S., and White, C. E., 2003, Significance of U-Pb detrital ages in quartzite from peri-Gondwanan terranes, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada: Precambrian Research, v. 126, p. 123-145.
6. 238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID-TIMS, ELA-ICP-MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standards: Chemical Geology, v. 205, p. 115-140.
7. Brisbin, W. C., 1986, Mechanics of pegmatite intrusion: American Mineralogist, v. 71, p. 644-651.
8. Buma, G., Frey, F. A., and Wones, D. R., 1971, New England granites: trace element evidence regarding their origin and differentiation: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 31, n. 4, p. 300-320.
9. Burg, J. P., Kaus, B. J. P., and Podladchikov, Y. Y., 2004, Dome structures in collision orogens: Mechanical investigation of the gravity/ compression interplay, in Whitney, D. L., Teyssier, C., and Siddoway, C. S., editors, Gneiss domes in Orogeny: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 380, p. 47-66.
10. Coleman, M. E., Pulver, M., Byrne, T. B., Kiyokawa, S., Wintsch, R., Davidek, K. L., and Martin, M., 1997, Late Paleozoic shortening and metamorphism within the Bronson Hill Terrain, central Connecticut: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, n. 6, p. 231.
11. 39Ar ages from the Narragansett Basin and southern Rhode Island basement terrane; their bearing on the extent and timing of Alleghenian tectonothermal events in New England: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 93, n. 11, p. 1118-1130.
12. Daniels, D. L., and Snyder, S. L., 2004, New England states aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1258, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/ 2004/1258/index.htm.
13. Dipple, G. M., Wintsch, R. P., and Andrews, M. S., 1990, Identification of the scales of differential element mobility in a ductile fault zone: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 8, n. 6, p. 645-661.
14. Dixon, H. R., and Lundgren, L. W., Jr., 1968, Structure of eastern Connecticut, in Zen, E., editor, Studies of Appalachian Geology, northern and marine: New York, Wiley Interscience Publishers, p. 219-229.
15. Dixon, J. M., 1987, Mantled gneiss domes, in Seyfert, C. K., editor, The encyclopedia of structural geology and plate tectonics: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series, v. 10, p. 398-412.
16. Eskola, P., 1949, The problem of mantled gneiss domes: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 104, pt. 4, n. 416, p. 461-476.
17. Fayon, A. K., Whitney, D. L., and Teyssier, C., 2004, Exhumation of orogenic crust: Diapiric ascent versus low-angle normal faulting, in Whitney, D. L., Teyssier, C., and Siddoway, C. S., editors, Gneiss domes in Orogeny: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 380, p. 129-139.
18. Feininger, T. G., 1963, Westerly Granite and related rocks of the Westerly-Bradford area: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference Guidebook, 55th Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, 55 p.
19. Feininger, T. G., 1965, Bedrock geologic map of the Ashaway quadrangle, Connecticut-Rhode Island: U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-403, scale 1:24000.
20. Feininger, T. G., 1968, The up dip termination of a large dike of Westerly Granite and the regional distribution of the Westerly and Narragansett Pier granites in Rhode Island and Connecticut: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper P-0600, p. D181-D185.
21. Getty, S. R., and Gromet, L. P., 1992, Geochronological constraints on ductile deformation, crustal extension, and doming about a basement-cover boundary, New England Appalachians: American Journal of Science, v. 292, p. 359-397.
22. Goldsmith, R., 1961, Axial-plane folding in southeastern Connecticut; Article 169, U. S.: Geological Survey Professional Paper P-0424-C, p. C54-C57.
23. Goldsmith, R., 1967a, Bedrock geologic map of the New London quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-574, scale 1:24,000.
24. Goldsmith, R., 1967b, Bedrock geologic map of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County: U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-575, scale 1:24,000.
25. Goldsmith, R., 1967c, Bedrock geologic map of the Montville quadrangle, New London County: U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-609, scale 1:24,000.
26. Goldsmith, R., 1985a, Honey Hill fault and Hunts Brook syncline, in Tracy, R. J., editor, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island, New Haven, Connecticut: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 77th annual meeting, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Guidebook n. 6, p. 491-507.
27. Goldsmith, R., 1985b, Bedrock geologic map of the Old Mystic and part of the Mystic quadrangles, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1524, scale 1:24,000.
28. Goldsmith, R., 1988, Tectonic significance of dikes of Westerly Granite, southeastern Connecticut and southwestern Rhode Island: Northeastern Geology, v. 10, n. 3, p. 195-201.
29. Goldstein, A. G., 1982, Geometry and kinematics of ductile faulting in a portion of the Lake Char mylonite zone, Massachusetts and Connecticut: American Journal of Science, v. 282, p. 1378-1405.
30. Goldstein, A. G., 1989, Tectonic significance of multiple motions on terrane-bounding faults in the Northern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, n. 7, p. 927-938.
31. Goldstein, A. G., 1992, Motion on the Clinton-Newbury and related faults and multiple deformation of the Merrimack Group in eastern Massachusetts; aspects of the Alleghanian Orogeny in southeastern New England, in Robinson, P., and Brady, J. B., editors, Guidebook for fieldtrips in the Connecticut Valley region of Massachusetts and adjacent states: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 84th annual meeting, University of Massachusetts Geology Department Contribution, v. 66-1, p. 120-131.
32. Goldstein, A. G., 1994, A shear zone origin for Alleghanian (Permian) multiple deformation in eastern Massachusetts: Tectonics, v. 13, p. 62-72.
33. Goldstein, A. G., 1998, Lake Char-Honey Hill-Clinton Newbury fault system from southern Massachusetts to southern Connecticut; low-angle normal faults in the Northern Appalachians and their tectonic significance, in Murray, D. P., editor, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Kingston, RI: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 90th annual meeting, p. A1.1-A1.20.
34. Goldstein, A., and Hepburn, J. C., 1999, Possible correlations of the Norumbega fault system with faults in southeastern New England, in Ludman, A., and West, D. P., Jr., editors, Norumbega fault system of the Northern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 331, p. 73-83.
35. Gregory, H. E., 1906, Manual of the geology of Connecticut: Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin N. 6, 273 p.
36. Gromet, L. P., 1989, Avalonian terranes and late Paleozoic tectonism in southeastern New England; constraints and problems, in Dallmeyer, R. D., editor, Terranes in the Circum-Atlantic Paleozoic orogens: Geological Society of America Special Paper N. 230, p. 193-211.
37. Gromet, L. P., Getty, S. R., and Whitehead, E. K., 1998, Late Paleozoic Orogeny in southeastern New England: a mid-crustal view, in Murray, D. P., editor, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Kingston, RI: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 90th annual meeting, p. B2.1-B2.19.
38. Hermes, O. D., and Zartman, R. E., 1985, Late Proterozoic and Devonian plutonic terrane within the Avalon Zone of Rhode Island: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 96, n. 2, p. 272-282.
39. Hermes, O. D., Gromet, L. P., and Murray, D. P. (compilers), 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series N. 1, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, scale 1:100,000.
40. Holdaway, M. J., and Mukhopadhyay, B., 1993, A re-evaluation of the stability relations of andalusite: Thermochemical data and phase diagram for the aluminum silicates: American Mineralogist, v. 78, p. 298-315.
41. Hoskin, P. W. O., and Schaltegger, U., 2003, The composition of zircon and igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis, in Hanchar, J. M., and Hoskin, P. W. O., editors, Zircon: Washington, D. C., Mineralogical Society of America, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 53, p. 27-62.
42. Hozik, M. J., 1988, Tectonic implications of the brittle fracture history of the Permian Narragansett Pier Granite, Rhode Island, in Bartholomew, M. J., Hyndman, D. W., Mogk, D. W., and Mason, R., editors, Basement Tectonics 8: Characterization and comparison of ancient and Mesozoic continental margins: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, v. 8, p. 503-525.
43. Kerr, A., 1993, Space-time composition relationships among Appalachian-cycle plutonic suites in Newfoundland, in Sinha, A. K., Whalen, J. B., and Hogan, J. P., editors, The Nature of Magmatism in the Appalachian Orogen: Geological Society of America Memoir 191, p. 193-220.
44. Losh, S., and Bradbury, H. J., 1984, Late Paleozoic deformation within the Honey Hill-Lake Char fault zone, southern New England: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, n. 1, p. 48.
45. Ludwig, K. R., 2002, Squid, version 1.05, A user's manual: Berkeley Geochronology Center Special Publication, N. 2, 16 p.
46. Ludwig, K. R., 2003, Isoplot/Ex version 3.00, A geochronological toolkit for Microsoft Excel: Berkeley Geochronology Center Special Publication, N. 4, 73 p.
47. Lundgren, L., Jr., 1963, The bedrock geology of the Deep River quadrangle: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Quadrangle Report N. 13, scale 1:24,000.
48. Lundgren, L., Jr., 1966a, Muscovite reactions and partial melting in southeastern Connecticut: Journal of Petrology, v. 7, p. 421-453.
49. Lundgren, L., Jr., 1966b, The bedrock geology of the Hamburg quadrangle: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Quadrangle Report N. 19, scale 1:24,000.
50. Lundgren, L., Jr., 1967, The bedrock geology of the Old Lyme quadrangle: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Quadrangle Report N. 21, scale 1:24,000.
51. Lundgren, L., Jr., and Ebblin, C., 1972, Honey Hill Fault in Eastern Connecticut - Regional Relations: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83, n. 9, p. 2773-2794.
52. Lundgren, L., Jr., Goldsmith, R., and Synder, G. L., 1958, Major thrust fault in southeastern Connecticut: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, n. 12, p. 1606.
53. McLellan, E. L., and Stockman, S., 1985, Age and structural relations of granites, Stony Creek area, Connecticut, in Tracy, R. J., editor, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Connecticut and adjacent areas of New York and Rhode Island, New Haven, Connecticut: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 77th annual meeting, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Guidebook n. 6, p. 61-114.
54. McLellan, E. L., Tracy, R. J., Armstrong, T. R., and Miller, S. J., 1993, Migmatites of southern New England; melting metamorphism and tectonics, in Cheney, J. T., and Hepburn, J. C., editors, Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 85th annual meeting and 1993 GSA Annual Meeting, v. 1, University of Massachusetts Geology Department Contribution, v. 67, n. 1, p. M1-M29.
55. Moecher, D. P., and Wintsch, R. P., 1994, Deformation-induced reconstitution and local resetting of mineral equilibria in polymetamorphic gneisses; tectonic and metamorphic implications: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 12, p. 523-538.
56. Nichols, D. R., 1956, Bedrock geology of Narragansett Pier quadrangle, Rhode Island: U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-0091, scale 1:24,000.
57. O'Hara, K D., and Gromet, L. P., 1983, Textural and Rb-Sr isotopic evidence for late Paleozoic mylonitization within the Honey Hill fault zone, southeastern Connecticut: American Journal of Science, v. 283, p. 762-779.
58. Pulver, M. H., Coleman, M. E., Byrne, T., Wintsch, R. P., Kunk, M. J., Boyd, J. L., and Dunnigan, J., 1997, Structure and chronology of a section of the Bronson Hill Terrane; significance for late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic exhumation in south-central New England: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, n. 6, p. 231.
59. Rankin, D. W., Coish, R. A., Tucker, R. D., Peng, Z. X., Wilson, S. A., and Rouff, A.A., 2007, Silurian extension in the upper Connecticut Valley, United States and the origin of Middle Paleozoic basins in the Québec embayment: American Journal of Science, v. 307, p. 216-264.
60. Rodgers, J., 1985, Bedrock geological map of Connecticut: Hartford, Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Department of Environmental Services, scale 1:125,000.
61. Salvini, F., 2004, Structural Data Integrated System Analyzer software (DAISY), Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita degli Studi di "Roma Tre", Rome, Italy, ftp://ftp.u-cergy.fr/geol/Daisy/.
62. Skehan, J. W., and Rast, N., 1990, Pre-Mesozoic evolution of Avalon terranes of southern New England, in Socci, A. D., Skehan, J. W., and Smith, G. W., editors, Geology of the composite Avalon terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 245, p. 13-53.
63. Snyder, G. L., 1964, Petrochemistry and bedrock geology of the Fitchville quadrangle, Connecticut: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1161-I, scale 1:24000.
64. Spear, F. S., Kohn, M. J., and Cheney, J. T., 1999, P-T paths from anatectic pelites: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 134, P. 17-32.
65. Stacey, J. S., and Kramers, J. D., 1975, Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 26, p. 207-221.
66. Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E., 1977, Subcommission on geochronology, convention on the use of decay constants in geo- and cosmochronology: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 36, p. 359-362.
67. Stone, J. R., Schafer, J. P., London, E. H., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M. L., Lewis, R. S., Thompson, W. B., and Stone, B. D., 2005, Quaternary geologic map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound basin, with a section on sedimentary facies and morphosequences of glacial meltwater deposits: U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map SIM-2784, scale 1:125,000.
68. Tera, F., and Wasserburg, G. J., 1972, U-Th-Pb systematics in three Apollo 14 basalts and the problem of initial Pb in lunar rocks: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 14, p. 281-304.
69. Teyssier, C., and Whitney, D. L., 2002, Gneiss domes and orogeny: Geology, v. 30, p. 1139-1142.
70. Thompson, M. D., and Bowring, S. A., 2000, Age of the Squantum "Tillite," Boston basin, Massachusetts: U-Pb zircon constraints on terminal Neoproterozoic glaciation: American Journal of Science, v. 300, p. 630-655.
71. van Staal C. R., 2005, North America: Northern Appalachians, in Selley, R. C., Cocks, R. L. M., and Plimer, I. R., editors, Encyclopedia of Geology: Oxford, United Kingdom, Elsevier, v. 4, p. 81-91.
72. van Staal, C. R., Sullivan, R. W., and Whalen, J. B., 1996, Provenance of tectonic history of the Gander Zone in the Caledonian/Appalachian Orogen; implications for the origin and assembly of Avalon, in Nance, R. D., and Thompson, M. D., editors: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 304, p. 347-367.
73. Vanderhaeghe, O., Teyssier, C., and Wysoczanski, R., 1999, Structural and geochronological constraints on the role of partial melting during the formation of the Shuswap metamorphic core complex at the latitude of the Thor-Odin Dome, British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 36, n. 6, p. 917-943.
74. Vielzeuf, D., and Schmidt, M. W., 2001, Melting relations in hydrous systems revisited; application to metapelites, metagreywackes and metabasalts: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 141, p. 251-267.
75. Walsh, G. J., Scott, R. B., Aleinikoff, J. N., and Armstrong, T. R., 2006, Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Old Lyme quadrangle, New London and Middlesex Counties, Connecticut: U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2006-1296, scale 1:24,000.
76. Watson, E. B., 1979, Zircon saturation in felsic liquids: Experimental results and applications to trace element geochemistry: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 79, p. 407-419.
77. Watson, E. B., and Harrison, T. M., 1983, Zircon saturation revisited: temperature and composition effects in a variety of crustal magma types: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 64, p. 295-304.
78. Whalen, J. B., Jenner, G. A., Currie, K. L., Barr, S. M., Longstaffe, F. J., and Hegner, E., 1994, Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of granitoids of the Avalon Zone, New Brunswick: Possible evidence for repeated delamination events: Journal of Geology, v. 102, p. 269-282.
79. Whitney, D. L., Teyssier, C., and Vanderhaeghe, O., 2004, Gneiss domes and crustal flow, in Whitney, D. L., Teyssier, C., and Siddoway, C. S., editors, Gneiss domes in Orogeny: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 380, p. 15-33.
80. Williams, I. S., 1998, Chapter 1, U-Th-Pb geochronology by ion microprobe, in McKibben, M. A., Shanks, W. C., III, and Ridley, W. I., editors, Applications of microanalytical techniques to understanding mineralizing processes: Reviews of Economic Geology, v. 7, p. 1-35.
81. Williams, I. S., and Hergt, J. M., 2000, U-Pb dating of Tasmanian dolerites: a cautionary tale of SHRIMP analysis of high-U zircon, in Woodhead, J. D., Hergt,J. M., and Noble, W. P., editors, Beyond 2000: New Frontiers in Isotope Geoscience, Abstracts and Proceedings, p. 185-188.
82. Wintsch, R. P., 1979, The Willimantic fault: A ductile fault in eastern Connecticut: American Journal of Science, v. 279, p. 367-393.
83. Wintsch, R. P., and Aleinikoff, J. N., 1987, U-Pb isotopic and geologic evidence for late Paleozoic anatexis, deformation, and accretion of the late Proterozoic Avalon Terrane, southcentral Connecticut: American Journal of Science, v. 287, p. 107-126.
84. Wintsch, R. P., and Lefort, J. P., 1984, A clockwise rotation of Variscan strain orientation in SE New England and regional implications, in Hutton, D. H. W., and Sanderson, D. J., editors, Variscan Tectonics of the North Atlantic Region: London, Blackwell, p. 245-251.
85. Wintsch, R. P., and Sutter, J. F., 1986, A tectonic model for the late Paleozoic of southern New England: Journal of Geology, v. 94, p. 459-472.
86. Wintsch, R. P., Andrews, M. S., and Ambers, C. P., 1990, Thrust napping versus fold napping in the Avalon terrane of southeastern Connecticut, in Socci, A. D., Skehan,J. W., and Smith, G. W., editors, Geology of the composite Avalon terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 145, p. 209-233.
87. Wintsch, R. P., Sutter, J. F., Kunk, M. J., Aleinikoff, J. N., and Dorais, M. J., 1992, Contrasting P-T-t paths: thermochronologic evidence for a late Paleozoic final assembly of the Avalon composite terrane in the New England Appalachians: Tectonics, v. 11, p. 672-689.
88. Wintsch, R. P., Sutter, J. F., Kunk, M. J., Aleinikoff, J. N., and Boyd, J. L., 1993, Alleghanian assembly of Proterozoic and Paleozoic lithotectonic terranes in south central New England: new constraints from geochronology and petrology, in Cheney, J. T., and Hepburn, J. C., editors, Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 85th annual meeting and 1993 GSA Annual Meeting, v. 1, University of Massachusetts Geology Department Contribution, v. 67, n. 1, p. H1-H30.
89. Wintsch, R. P., Coleman, M., Pulver, M., Byrne, T., Aleinikoff, J., Kunk, M., and Roden-Tice, M., 1998, Late Paleozoic deformation, metamorphism, and exhumation in central Connecticut, in Murray, D. P., editor, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Kingston, Rhode Island: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 90th annual meeting, p. C2.1-C2.21.
90. Wintsch, R. P., Kelsheimer, K. L., Kunk, M. J., and Aleinikoff, J. N., 2001, A new look at the Alleghanian overprint of Acadian metamorphic rocks in southern New England: Evidence from structure, petrology and thermochronology, in West, D. P., and Bailey, R. H., editors, Guidebook for geological field trips in New England: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, p. V1-V26.
91. Wintsch, R. P., Kunk, M. J., Boyd, J. L., and Aleinikoff, J. N., 2003, P-T-t paths and differential Alleghanian loading and uplift of the Bronson Hill terrane, south central New England: American Journal of Science, v. 303, p. 410-446.
92. Wintsch, R. P., Aleinikoff, J. N., Unruh, D. M., and Walsh, G., 2005a, Evidence for tectonic wedging of Avalon terrane rocks into the Gander zone, southern New England: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 31.
93. Wintsch, R. P., Aleinikoff, J. N., Webster, J. R., and Unruh, D. M., 2005b, The Killingworth complex: A Middle and Late Paleozoic magmatic and structural dome, in McHone, N. W., and Petersone, M. J., editors, Guidebook for fieldtrips in Connecticut, New Haven, CT: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 97th annual meeting, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Guidebook n. 8, p. 305-324.
94. Wintsch, R. P., Aleinikoff, J. N., Dorais, M. J., Unruh, D. M., and Walsh, G. J., 2005c, Melt weakening in crustal-scale tectonic wedging, southern New England: EOS Transactions, v. 86, n. 52, p. V21A-0591.
95. Wintsch, R. P., Aleinikoff, J. N., Walsh, G.J., Bothner, W. A., and Hussey, A. M., 2007, SHRIMP U-Pb evidence for a Late Silurian age of metasedimentary rocks in the Merrimack and Putnam-Nashoba terranes, eastern New England: American Journal of Science, v. 307, p. 119-167.
96. Yin, A., 2004, Gneiss domes and gneiss dome systems, in Whitney, D. L., Teyssier, C., and Siddoway, C. S., editors, Gneiss domes in Orogeny: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 380, p. 1-14.
97. Zartman, R. E., and Hermes, O. D., 1987, Archean inheritance in zircon from late Paleozoic granites from the Avalon Zone of southeastern New England; an African connection: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 82, n. 3-4, p. 305-315.
98. Zartman, R. E., Hermes, O. D., and Pease, M. H., Jr., 1988, Zircon crystallization ages and subsequent isotopic disturbance events in gneissic rocks of eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island: American Journal of Science, v. 288, p. 376-402.
99. Zietz, I., Kirby, J. R., Jr., and Gilbert, F. P., 1974, Aeromagnetic map of Connecticut: U. S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Map GP-897, scale 1:125,000.
100. Zietz, I., Gilbert, F. P., and Kirby, J. R., 1980, Aeromagnetic map of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and part of New York: U. S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Map GP-928, scale 1:1,000,000.