SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite- granite suite, Adirondack Mountains, New York: Ages of emplacement and metamorphism

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 337-355

  Hamilton, Michael A ^a,d   McLelland, James ^b,d   Selleck, Bruce ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adirondacks; Anorthosite; Geochronology

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; ADIRONDACKS; ANORTHOSITE; ANORTHOSITIC MAGMAS; COLLISIONAL; MULTI-GRAIN; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANORTHOSITE; CHARNOCKITE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870829690     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.337     Document Type: Article

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