The north American cordilleran anatectic belt

JB Chapman, SE Runyon, JE Shields, BL Lawler… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The North American Cordilleran Anatectic Belt (CAB) is a~ 3,000 km long region in
the hinterland of the Cordillera that comprises numerous exposures of Late Cretaceous to …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies towards statistically robust interpretations of in situ U–Pb zircon geochronology

CJ Spencer, CL Kirkland, RJM Taylor - Geoscience Frontiers, 2016 - Elsevier
Zircon U–Pb geochronology has become a keystone tool across Earth science, arguably
providing the gold standard in resolving deep geological time. The development of rapid in …

Deep electrical resistivity structure of the northwestern US derived from 3-D inversion of USArray magnetotelluric data

NM Meqbel, GD Egbert, PE Wannamaker… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Long period (10–20,000 s) magnetotelluric (MT) data are being acquired across the
continental USA on a quasi-regular grid of∼ 70 km spacing as an electromagnetic …

Tracking deep ancient crustal components by xenocrystic/inherited zircons of Palaeozoic felsic igneous rocks from the Altai–East Junggar terrane and adjacent …

J Zhang, T Wang, Y Tong, Z Zhang, P Song… - International Geology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The deep crustal continental components and architecture of the western Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB) have long been a matter of debate. This article presents an integrated …

[PDF][PDF] On the importance of crystallization-differentiation for the generation of SiO2-rich melts and the compositional build-up of arc (and continental) crust

O Jagoutz, B Klein - American Journal of Science, 2018 - ajsonline.org
In this paper we review processes responsible for the formation of granites in subduction
systems. While there is robust evidence that strongly peraluminous, so-called S-type …

Cyclical orogenic processes in the Cenozoic central Andes

PG DeCelles, G Zandt, SL Beck… - Geological …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The central Andes of Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina provide a unique
natural laboratory for understanding cordilleran mountain belts. Rapid convergence …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking deep crust by zircon xenocrysts within igneous rocks from the northern Alxa, China: Constraints on the southern boundary of the Central Asian …

J Zhang, T Wang, L Zhang, Y Tong, Z Zhang… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The southern boundary of the central segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)
with the Precambrian Alxa Block is not well constrained due to poor recognition of deep …

Detrital zircon U–Pb reconnaissance of the Franciscan subduction complex in northwestern California

TA Dumitru, WG Ernst, JK Hourigan… - International Geology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In northwestern California, the Franciscan subduction complex has been subdivided into
seven major tectonostratigraphic units. We report U-Pb ages of≈ 2400 detrital zircon grains …

The Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Clearwater block, northwestern Laurentia: Implications for the assembly of supercontinents

D Wang, JD Vervoort, CM Fisher, RS Lewis… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
We report new coupled zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope data, along with whole-rock Hf-Nd
isotope data for 20 samples from the Priest River and Clearwater complexes—Neoarchean …

Regional geologic framework of mineral deposits in the Stibnite-Edwardsburg area, central Idaho

RS Lewis, DE Stewart, VH Isakson… - Economic …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Geologic mapping and associated U-Pb geochronologic work in the Stibnite-Edwardsburg
area of central Idaho have provided regional geologic context for the gold-antimony …