U/Pb geochronology of devonian and older paleozoic beds in the southeastern maya block, central America: Its affinity with peri-gondwanan terranes

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 815-829

  Martens, Uwe ^a   Weber, Bodo ^b   Valencia, Victor A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; CAMBRIANS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS; DEVONIANS; GEOLOGIC UNITS; GRANITOIDS; ISOTOPIC AGE; MAGMATISMS; MAYA BLOCK; PALEOZOIC; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; PERMIAN; PROTOLITHS; RHYOLITIC; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SILURIAN-DEVONIAN; VOLCANICLASTICS; YUCATAN; ZIRCON AGE;

FORESTRY; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DATING METHOD; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; RHYOLITE; SANDSTONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WALL ROCK; ZIRCON;

AMAZONIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; MAYA BLOCK;

GOBIUS NATALENSIS;

EID: 77953746307     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26405.1     Document Type: Article

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