Slow cooling and apparent tilting of the Adirondack Lowlands, Grenville Province, New York, based on 40Ar/39Ar ages

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 299-323

  Dahl, Peter S ^a   Pomfrey, Mark E ^a   Foland, Kenneth A ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Mountains; Argon geochronology; Biotite; Hornblende

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTHERMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS; ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; ARGON GEOCHRONOLOGY; CLOSURE TEMPERATURES; EXHUMATION RATES; HORNBLENDE; MEASUREMENTS OF; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER;

MICA;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COOLING; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HORNBLENDE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; TILT;

ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS; CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870805485     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.299     Document Type: Article

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