[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 …

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 …

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 …

[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 …

Cyclical orogenic processes in the Cenozoic central Andes

PG DeCelles, G Zandt, SL Beck, CA Currie, MN Ducea… - 2015‏ - 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 …

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 …

Detrital zircons from the Nanaimo basin, Vancouver Island, British Columbia: An independent test of Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic northward translation

WA Matthews, B Guest, D Coutts, H Bain… - Tectonics, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The development of the Cordilleran orogen of western North American is disputed despite a
century of study. Paleomagnetic observations require large‐scale dextral displacements of …

The Laramide orogeny: Current understanding of the structural style, timing, and spatial distribution of the classic foreland thick-skinned tectonic system

AB Weil, A Yonkee - 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Laramide foreland belt comprises a broad region of thick-skinned, contractional
deformation characterized by an anastomosing network of basement-cored arches and …