Paleoproterozoic crust within the Great Falls tectonic zone: Implications for the assembly of southern Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-130

  Mueller, Paul A ^a   Heatherington, Ann L ^a   Kelly, Dawn M ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^a   Mogk, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Isotopes; Laurentia; Precambrian orogeny; Tectonics; Wyoming province

Indexed keywords

VULCAN STRUCTURES;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879885086     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0127:PCWTGF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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