Sedimentology, U-Pb detrital geochronology, and Hf isotopic analyses from Mississippian-Permian stratigraphy of the Mystic subterrane, Farewell terrane, Alaska

Lithosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 383-398

  Malkowski, Matthew A ^a   Hampton, Brian A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SPECTRUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATIC SOURCE AREA; MAGMATIC SOURCES; MODAL COMPOSITION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MISSISSIPPIAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907609469     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L365.1     Document Type: Article

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