Age, provenance, and tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic quartzite successions in the southwestern United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 247-264

  Jones III, James V ^a,e   Connelly, James N ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^b   Williams, Michael L ^c   Doe, Michael F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Detrital zircon; ICP MS; Laser ablation; New Mexico; Proterozoic; Quartzite; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

COLORADO; DETRITAL ZIRCON; ICP-MS; NEW MEXICO; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; WEATHERING; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA; COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949132161     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26351.1     Document Type: Article

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