Where did the lower Paleozoic rocks of Yucatan come from? A U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and Sm-Nd isotope study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 312-313, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Weber, Bodo ^a   Scherer, Erik E ^b   Martens, Uwe K ^c   Mezger, Klaus ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Tectonic Analysis Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central America; Gondwana; Hafnium isotopes; Paleozoic; U Pb ages; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; PALEOZOIC; U-PB AGES;

BUILDINGS; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEPARATION; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SAMARIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

EID: 84860857479     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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