Provenance and U-Pb geochronology of the Upper Cretaceous El Chanate Group, northwest Sonora, Mexico, and its tectonic significance

International Geology Review

Volumn 51, Issue 9-11, 2009, Pages 1051-1077

  Jacques Ayala, César ^a   Barth, Andrew P ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Jacobson, Carl E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental sedimentation; Cretaceous; El Chanate Group; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MCCOY MOUNTAINS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449118529     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810902945066     Document Type: Article

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