High-precision U-Pb zircon dates for ediacaran granitoid rocks in SE New England: Revised magmatic chronology and correlation with other avalonian terranes

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 231-250

  Thompson, M D ^a   Ramezani, J ^b   Barr, S M ^c   Hermes, O D ^d  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; EXTERNAL UNCERTAINTIES; GRANITOID ROCKS; HIGH-PRECISION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

GRANITE;

AVALONIA; EDIACARAN; GRANITOID; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960099120     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.1206(11)     Document Type: Article

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