Geology and geochronology of grenville-age rocks in the Van Horn and Franklin Mountains area, west Texas: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Laurentia during the Grenville

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1134-1148

  Bickford, M E ^a   Soegaard, K ^a   Nielsen, K C ^a   McLelland, J M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Far west Texas; Geochronology; Grenville; Rifting; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FAR WEST TEXAS; GRENVILLE; METAMORPHIC GRADE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ASSEMBLAGES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881790     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1134:GAGOGR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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