Tectonic, magmatic, and metamorphic history of the New Jersey highlands: New insights from SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 307-346

  Volkert, Richard A ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Fanning, C Mark ^c  

^a New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

DECOMPRESSION MELTING; FELSIC MAGMATISM; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

LEAD ALLOYS;

A-TYPE ROCK; DACITE; DIORITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; UPLAND REGION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960077514     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.1206(14)     Document Type: Article

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