Provenance of the Neoproterozoic Johnnie Formation and Stirling Quartzite, southeastern California, determined by detrital zircon geochronology and Nd isotope geochemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 206-207, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-199

  Schoenborn, William A ^a   Fedo, Christopher M ^b   Farmer, G Lang ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Johnnie Formation; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Stirling Quartzite

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZITE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84859647612     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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