Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology applied to tectonics

G Gehrels - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly developing into an essential tool in Earth science
research because of the widespread occurrence of zircon in sedimentary systems; the wide …

Global plate boundary evolution and kinematics since the late Paleozoic

KJ Matthews, KT Maloney, S Zahirovic… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many aspects of deep-time Earth System models, including mantle convection,
paleoclimatology, paleobiogeography and the deep Earth carbon cycle, require high …

Continental arc volcanism as the principal driver of icehouse-greenhouse variability

NR McKenzie, BK Horton, SE Loomis, DF Stockli… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Variations in continental volcanic arc emissions have the potential to control atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change on multimillion-year time scales. Here we …

The cordillera of British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska: tectonics and metallogeny

JAL Nelson, M Colpron, S Israel - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Cordilleran orogen of western Canada and Alaska records tectonic processes than
span over 1.8 billion years, from assembly of the Laurentian cratonic core of Ancestral North …

Gondwanan basement terranes of the Variscan–Appalachian orogen: Baltican, Saharan and West African hafnium isotopic fingerprints in Avalonia, Iberia and the …

BJ Henderson, WJ Collins, JB Murphy… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Iberia, Avalonia and the “Armorican” terranes form key constituents of the Variscan–
Appalachian orogen, but their Neoproterozoic origins along the northern Gondwanan …

'Taters versus sliders: Evidence for a long-lived history of strike-slip displacement along the canadian arctic transform system (CATS)

WC McClelland, JV Strauss, M Colpron, JA Gilotti… - 2021 - repository.arizona.edu
Recent field-based studies indicate that the northern margin of North America is best
interpreted as a tectonic boundary that experienced a long, complex history of strike-slip …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

Detrital zircon record of mid-Paleozoic convergent margin activity in the northern US Rocky Mountains: Implications for the Antler orogeny and early evolution of the …

LP Beranek, PK Link, CM Fanning - Lithosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The passive to convergent margin transition along western Laurentia drove early
development of the North American Cordillera and culminated with the Late Devonian …

Paleozoic evolution of the northern Laurentian margin: Evaluating links between the Caledonian, Ellesmerian, and Cordilleran orogens

WC McClelland, JV Strauss, JA Gilotti, M Colpron - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The passive margins of Laurentia that formed during Neoproterozoic–Cambrian breakup of
the supercontinent Rodinia record subsequent histories of contraction and translation. This …

[HTML][HTML] Age, distribution and style of deformation in Alaska north of 60° N: Implications for assembly of Alaska

TE Moore, SE Box - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The structural architecture of Alaska is the product of a complex history of deformation along
both the Cordilleran and Arctic margins of North America involving oceanic plates …