Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Farmington zone: Implications for terrane accretion in Southwestern Laurentia

Lithosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Mueller, Paul A ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Mogk, David W ^c   Foster, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ACCRETIONARY TECTONICS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; TERRANE ACCRETION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; IGNEOUS ROCK; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

CANADA; FARMINGTON; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; MAINE; QUEBEC [CANADA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH RANGE;

MOJAVIA; SALIX;

EID: 84855607129     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L161.1     Document Type: Article

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