Archean detrital zircons in the Proterozoic Vishnu Schist of the Grand Canyon, Arizona: Implications for crustal architecture and Nuna supercontinent reconstructions

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1099-1102

  Shufeldt, Owen P ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^a   Gehrels, George E ^b   Howard, Katherine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARCHEAN; ARIZONA; AUSTRALIA; CRUSTAL BLOCK; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GRAND CANYON , ARIZONA; GRAND CANYONS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SOUTH CHINA; SUPERCONTINENTS; U-PB DATING; WYOMING; ZIRCON AGE;

BUILDINGS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

GALLIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650084547     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31335.1     Document Type: Article

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