Assembling and disassembling california: A zircon and monazite geochronologic framework for proterozoic crustal evolution in southern California

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-239

  Barth, Andrew P ^d   Wooden, Joseph L ^a,d   Coleman, Drew S ^b,d   Vogel, Marilyn B ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MOLYBDATE GROUP; MONAZITE; RODINIA; SEDIMENTATION; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949103631     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597515     Document Type: Article

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