U-Pb SHRIMP ages of Neoproterozoic (Sturtian) glaciogenic Pocatello Formation, southeastern Idaho

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 881-884

  Fanning, C Mark ^a   Link, Paul Karl ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap carbonates; Idaho; Neoproterozoic glaciation; SHRIMP geochronology; U Pb

Indexed keywords

U-PB SHRIMP AGES; VOLCANIC HIGHLANDS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD; LITHOGRAPHY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

URANIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444245470     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20609.1     Document Type: Article

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