Plumbing systems of large igneous provinces (LIPs) on Earth and Venus: Investigating the role of giant circumferential and radiating dyke swarms, coronae and novae …

KL Buchan, RE Ernst - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The flood basalts of large igneous provinces (LIPs) are fed by a vast and often complicated
plumbing system that can include giant dyke swarms, sill complexes, mid-to upper-crustal …

Reviewing the configuration and extent of the Midcontinent rift system

WJ Hinze, VW Chandler - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Uncertainty exists in the configuration and extent of the Midcontinent Rift System (MRS)
because of deficiencies in geophysical data and limited information from outcrops and …

Failed rifting and fast drifting: Midcontinent Rift development, Laurentia's rapid motion and the driver of Grenvillian orogenesis

NL Swanson-Hysell, J Ramezani… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The late Mesoproterozoic was a time of large-scale tectonic activity both in the interior and
on the margins of Laurentia—most notably the development of the Midcontinent Rift and the …

Using mineral chemistry to aid exploration: A case study from the Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Arizona

DR Cooke, JJ Wilkinson, M Baker… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The giant, high-grade Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in the Superior district of Arizona
is hosted in Proterozoic and Paleozoic basement and in an overlying Cretaceous …

The late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic Grenvillian orogeny and the assembly of Rodinia: Turning point in the tectonic evolution of Laurentia

NL Swanson-Hysell, T Rivers, S van der Lee - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The amalgamation of Laurentia's Archean provinces ca. 1830 Ma was followed by~ 700 my
of accretionary orogenesis along its active southeastern margin, marked by subduction of …

Paleomagnetic records from pulsed magmatism in the southwestern Laurentia large igneous province and Cardenas Basalt support rapid late Mesoproterozoic plate …

Y Zhang, NS Anderson, MT Mohr… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mafic intrusions, lava flows, and felsic plutons in southwestern Laurentia have been
hypothesized to be associated with the emplacement of a late Mesoproterozoic (Stenian …

The end of Midcontinent Rift magmatism and the paleogeography of Laurentia

LM Fairchild, NL Swanson-Hysell… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Paleomagnetism of the North American Midcontinent Rift provides a robust
paleogeographic record of Laurentia (cratonic North America) from ca. 1110 to 1070 Ma …

Unveiling the 3D undercover structure of a Precambrian intrusive complex by integrating airborne magnetic and gravity gradient data into 3D quasi-geology model …

J Sun, AT Melo, JD Kim, X Wei - Interpretation, 2020 - library.seg.org
Mineral exploration under a thick sedimentary cover naturally relies on geophysical
methods. We have used high-resolution airborne magnetic and gravity gradient data over …

Petrogenetic relationship of the variably Ni− Cu− platinum-group element (PGE)-mineralized intrusions of the Thunder Bay North Intrusive Complex, Midcontinent Rift …

MJ Brzozowski, P Hollings… - Geological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Thunder Bay North Intrusive Complex (TBNIC) of Canada comprises six variably Ni−
Cu− platinum-group element (PGE)-mineralized mafic− ultramafic intrusions that intruded …

Joint Inversion of SPREE Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Curves for 3‐D Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the US Midcontinent Rift

GI Aleqabi, ME Wysession, DA Wiens… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband seismograms from the EarthScope Transportable Array and Superior Province
Rifting EarthScope Experiment (SPREE) deployments are used to map the crust and …