Implications of pre-eruptive magmatic histories of zircons for U-Pb geochronology of silicic extrusions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 182-194

  Simon, Justin I ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Mundil, Roland ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar Ar ages for Long Valley and Yellowstone rhyolites; chronostratigraphy; silicic magma residence time; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; RHYOLITES; SILICIC MAGMA RESIDENCE TIME;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTRUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; RHYOLITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 38349052926     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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