Evolution of the Mazatzal province and the timing of the Mazatzal orogeny: Insights from U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of igneous and metasedimentary rocks in southern New Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 328-346

  Amato, Jeffrey M ^a   Boullion, Andre O ^a,e   Serna, Antonio M ^a,f   Sanders, Amos E ^a,g   Farmer, G Lang ^b   Gehrels, George E ^c   Wooden, Joseph L ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Shell Oil and Gas   (United States)

^f Devon Energy Corporation   (United States)

^g Hunt Oil Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Mazatzal province; Neodymium; New Mexico; Proterozoic; U Pb geochronology; Zircons

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA; MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449170334     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26200.1     Document Type: Article

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