Magmatic development of an intra-oceanic arc: High-precision U-Pb zircon and whole-rock isotopic analyses from the accreted Talkeetna arc, south-central Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1168-1184

  Rioux, Matthew ^a,e   Hacker, Bradley ^a   Mattinson, James ^a   Kelemen, Peter ^b   Blusztajn, Jurek ^c   Gehrels, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arc plutonism; Chugach; Island arc; Talkeetna; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS-TRIASSIC ZIRCONS; CRUSTAL MATERIAL; HARZBURGITES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; TECTONICS; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

PETROLOGY;

ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; PLUTONIC ROCK; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874954579     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25964.1     Document Type: Article

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