Detrital zircon evidence for non-laurentian provenance, mesoproterozoic (ca. 1490-1450 ma) deposition and orogenesis in a reconstructed orogenic belt, northern new mexico, USA: Defining the picuris orogeny

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1423-1441

  Daniel, Christopher G ^a   Pfeifer, Lily S ^a,d   Jones III, James V ^b,e   McFarlane, Christopher M ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CONSTRAINTS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SPECTRUM; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; OROGENIC EVENTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

DEPOSITION;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; LAURENTIA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883189181     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30804.1     Document Type: Article

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