Chemical U-Th-Pb monazite dating of deformations versus pluton emplacement and the proterozoic history of the Arkansas River region, Colorado, USA

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 917-926

  Hui, Cao ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arkansas River region; Foliation inflection intersection axes; Mzonazite dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953045656     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Bell, T.H., Forde, A., and Wang, J., 1995. A new indicator of movement direction during orogenesis - measurement technique and application to the Alps. Terra Nova, 7(5): 500-508.
2. Bell, T.H., Ham, A.P., and Kim, H.S., 2004. Partitioning of deformation along an orogen and its effects on porphyroblast growth during orogenesis. Journal of Structural Geology, 26 (5): 825-845.
3. Bell, T.H., and Hickey, K.A., 1997. Distribution of pre-folding linear indicators of movement direction around the Spring Hill synform, Vermont: Significance for mechanism of folding in this portion of the Appalachians. Tectonophysics, 274(4): 275-294.
4. Bell, T.H., and Hickey, K.A., 1998. Multiple deformations with successive sub-vertical and sub horizontal axial planes: their impact on geometric development and significance for mineralization and exploration in the Mount Isa region. Economic Geology, 93: 1369-1389.
5. Bell, T.H., Hickey, K.A., and Upton, G.J.G., 1998. Distinguishing and correlating multiple phases of metamorphism across a multiply deformed region using the axes of spiral, staircase and sigmoidal inclusion trails in garnet. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16(6): 767-794.
6. Bell, T.H., and Mares, V.M., 1999. Correlating deformation and metamorphism around arcs in orogens. American Mineralogist, 84: 1727-1740.
7. Bell, T.H., and Welch, P.W., 2002. Prolonged Acadian orogenesis: Revelations from foliation intersection axis (FIA) controlled monazite dating of foliations in porphyroblasts and matrix. American Journal of Science, 302(7): 549-581.
8. Bickford, M.E., Cullers, R.L., Shuster, R.D., Premo, W.R., and Van Schmus, W.R., 1989. U-Pb zircon geochronology of Proterozoic and Cambrian plutons in the Wet Mountains and southern Front Range, Colorado. Special Paper - Geological Society of America, 235: 49-64.
9. Cihan, M., Evins, P., Lisowiec, N., and Blake, K., 2006. Time constraints on deformation and metamorphism from EPMA dating of monazite in the Proterozoic Robertson River Metamorphics, NE Australia. Precambrian Research, 145(1-2): 1-23.
10. Cullers, R.L., Griffin, T., Bickford, M.E., and Anderson, J.L., 1992. Origin and chemical evolution of the 1360 Ma San Isabel batholith, Wet Mountains, Colorado: A mid-crustal granite of anorogenic affinities. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104(3): 316-328.
11. Gartner, J.E., Siddoway, C.S., and Anonymous, 2001. Field investigation of small Mesoproterozoic intrusions in the southern Colorado; lack of deformation fabrics gives evidence for comparatively shallow emplacement. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 33(5): 12.
12. Givot, R.M., 1998. Proterozoic deformation and metamorphism of Five Points Gulch, Colorado. Keck Research Symposium in Geology, 11: 130-133.
13. Graubard, CM., 1990. Tectonic control of internal structure and differentiation of the approximately 1440Ma Mt. Evans Batholith, central Front Range, Colorado. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 22(7): 245.
14. Hayward, N., 1990. Determination of early fold axis orientations in multiply deformed rocks using porphyroblast inclusion trails. Tectonophysics, 179(3-1): 353-369.
15. Hickey, K.A., and Bell, T.H., 2001. Resolving complexities associated with the timing of macroscopic folds in multiply deformed terrains: The Spring Hill synform, Vermont. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113(10): 1282-1298.
16. Jones, J.V., m and Connelly, J.N., 2006. Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, southern Colorado, U.S.A. Rocky Mountain Geology, 41(2): 79-116.
17. Karlstrom, K.E., Bowring, S.A., and Conway, CM., 1987. Tectonic significance of an Early Proterozoic two-province boundary in central Arizona. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 99(4): 529-538.
18. Karlstrom, K.E., and Humphreys, E.D., 1998. Persistent influence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America: Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modification events. Rocky Mountain Geology, 33 (2): 161-179.
19. Lisowiec, N., 2006. Precision estimation in electron microprobe monazite dating: Repeated measurements versus statistical (Poisson) based calculations. Chemical Geology, 234(3-4): 223-235.
20. Liu Shuwen, Shu Guiming, Pan Yuanming and Dang Qingming, 2004. Electron-microprobe dating of monazite and metamorphic age of Wutai Group, Wutai Mountains. Geological Journal of China Universities, 10: 357-363 (in Chinese with English abstract).
21. Ludwig, K.R., 2003. User's manual for Isoplot 3.00. A geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Berkeley Geochronology Center, Special Publication No. 4a, Berkeley, California.
22. Montel, J.M., Foret, S., Veschambre, M., Nicollet, C, and Provost, A., 1996. Electron microprobe dating of monazite. Chemical Geology, 131(1-1): 37-53.
23. Pyle, J.M., Spear, F.S., and Wark, D.A., 2002. Electron microprobe analysis of REE in apatite, monazite and xenotime: Protocols and pitfalls. In: M.J. Kohn, J. Rakovan and J.M. Hughes (eds). Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, 337-362.
24. Sanislav, I.V., 2009. Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the western Maine, Northern Appalachians, USA. James Cook University, Australia, Townsville, 273.
25. Siddoway, C.S., Givot, R.M., Bodle, CD., and Heizler, M.T., 2000. Dynamic versus anorogenic setting for Mesoproterozoic plutonism in the Wet Mountains, Colorado: Does the interpretation depend on level of exposure? Rocky Mountain Geology, 35(1): 91-111.
26. Shah, A.A., 2009. Decoding the regional ∼1700 Ma deformational history from the rocks of Big Thompson Canyon region Colorado using monazite dating of foliations preserved within garnet and staurolite porphyroblastic phases. ACTA Geologica Sinica (English edition), 83(1): 971-984.
27. Stevens, S., and Wilson, M., 1998. Structural analysis and metamorphic history of a cordierite schist unit, Fremont County, south-central Colorado. Keck Research Symposium in Geology, 11: 138-141.
28. Suzuki, K., and Adachi, M., 1991. Precambrian provenance and Silurian metamorphism of the Tsubonosawa Paragneiss in the South Kitakami Terrane, Northeast Japan, revealed by the chemical Th-U-total Pb isochron ages of monazite, zircon and xenotime. Geochemical Journal, 25(5): 357-376.
29. Williams, M.L., and Jercinovic, M.J., 2002. Microprobe monazite geochronology: putting absolute time into microstructural analysis. Journal of Structural Geology, 24(6-7): 1013-1028.
30. Williams, M.L., Jercinovic, M.J., and Terry, M.P., 1999. Age mapping and dating of monazite on the electron microprobe: Deconvoluting multistage tectonic histories. Geology, 27(11): 1023-1026.
31. Wobus, R.A., Folley, M.J., Wearn, K.M., and Noblett, J.B., 2001. Geochemistry and tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic metavolcanic rocks of the southern Front Range, lower Arkansas River Canyon and northern Wet Mountains, central Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology, 36(2): 99-118.
32. Zhang Jinjiang, Zhao Lan and Liu Shuwen, 2006. Structures of Syn-deformational Granites in the Longquanguan Shear Zone and Their Monazite Electronic Microprobe Dating. ACTA Geologica Sinica (English edition), 80(6): 864-874.