Geology, age and field relations of Hadean zircon-bearing supracrustal rocks from Quad Creek, eastern Beartooth Mountains (Montana and Wyoming, USA)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 312-313, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-57

  Maier, Analisa C ^a   Cates, Nicole L ^a   Trail, Dustin ^a,b   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Beartooth Mountains; Detrital; Geochronology; Hadean; Slave craton; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS; DATA SUPPORT; DEPTH-PROFILE; DETRITAL; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EARLY EARTH; GNEISS COMPLEXES; HADEAN; ION MICROPROBE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; MONTANA; PALEOARCHEAN; SAMPLE SETS; SLAVE CRATON; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; U-PB ZIRCON AGES; WEIGHTED MEAN; WYOMING; WYOMING ,USA;

CHROMITE DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE; BIOTITE; CHROMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; HADEAN; MAGNETITE; OUTCROP; QUARTZITE; SCHIST; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS; BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ACASTA;

EID: 84860797948     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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