Detrital zircon geochronology of Cordilleran retroarc foreland basin strata, western North America

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1027-1048

  Laskowski, Andrew K ^a   Decelles, Peter G ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera; geochronology; North America; tectonics

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SPECTRUM; NORTH AMERICA; PROVENANCE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; LEAD; RECYCLING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROVENANCE; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883873311     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20065     Document Type: Article

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