Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Paleozoic strata in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Lithosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-200

  Gehrels, George E ^a   Blakey, Ron ^b   Karlstrom, Karl E ^c   Timmons, J Michael ^d   Dickinson, Bill ^a   Pecha, Mark ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEA LEVEL; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; COASTAL CURRENTS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GRAND CANYON , ARIZONA; LARGE RIVER SYSTEM; PALEOZOIC STRATA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA;

LEAD ALLOYS;

COASTAL CURRENT; DEVONIAN; FACILITATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MAGMATISM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL; UPLIFT; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; APPALACHIANS; ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959860145     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L121.1     Document Type: Article

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