Reassessing metamorphic core complexes in the North American Cordillera

AV Zuza, G Jepson, W Cao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Continental metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) are widely distributed on Earth, primarily
exposed at convergent plate margins. These structural systems involve the exhumation of …

Eocene‐Oligocene metamorphism, fluid flow and deformation in the Ruby Mountains‐East Humboldt Range metamorphic core complex

DA Levy, SM Gordon, AV Zuza, M Cisneros… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Metamorphic core complexes are ubiquitous in collapsed orogens globally and play a
primary role in crustal exhumation. We investigate the metamorphic history of the Ruby …

Cenozoic Tectonic Reconstruction and the Initial Distribution of Porphyry Copper Deposits in the Sonoran Desert Region of Southwestern North America: Implications …

JE Spencer - Economic Geology, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The numerous porphyry copper deposits in the Sonoran Desert region of southwestern
North America are mostly within the Basin and Range tectonic province where they have …

Constraining the Exhumation of the Ruby Star Pluton, Pima Mining District, Se Arizona Using a Multi-Thermochronometer Approach

S Acito - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Arizona is host to world-class porphyry copper deposits that formed during arc magmatism
related to the Laramide orogeny that were subsequently exhumed during the Cenozoic. This …