U-Pb zircon and geochemical evidence for bimodal mid-Paleozoic magmatism and syngenetic base-metal mineralization in the Yukon-Tanana terrane, Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 989-1015

  Dusel Bacon, Cynthia ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^a   Hopkins, Melanie J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cordilleran tectonics; Cordilleran VMS deposits; Geochemistry; Mid Paleozoic magmatism; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MAGMATISM; METARHYOLITES; SENSITIVE, HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE (SHRIMP);

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS; URANIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BASE METAL; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; PALEOZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING;

NORTH AMERICA; YUKON-TANANA TERRANE;

EID: 3543061668     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25342.1     Document Type: Article

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