SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup, central Idaho: Implications for rifting of western Laurentia and synchroneity of Sturtian glacial deposits

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-372

  Lund, Karen ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^a   Evans, Karl V ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Idaho; Rodinia rifting; SHRIMP; Sturtian glaciation; U Pb geochronology; Windermere Supergroup

Indexed keywords

POSTGLACIAL EVENTS;

CORRELATION METHODS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SYNCHRONIZATION; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879890416     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0349:SUPGON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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