All Articles tagged Avalonia

• Science Paper
  October 01, 2022 EDT
  The Assabet Barcode: Mesoproterozoic Detrital Zircons in Neoproterozoic Strata From Mauritania, West Africa
  Dwight C. BradleyDavid A. D. EvansPaul O'SullivanCliff D. TaylorBruce M. Eglington

  Detrital zircon data are reported from Mesoproterozoic to Ordovician strata from two tectonic domains in Mauritania: 14 samples from the Taoudeni Basin of the West African Craton and 15 samples...

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• Science Paper
  May 01, 2020 EDT
  Avalonian Arc-To-Platform Transition in Southeastern New England: U-Pb Geochronology and Stratigraphy of Ediacaran Cambridge “Argillite,” Boston Basin, Massachusetts, USA
  Margaret D. ThompsonJames L. Crowley

  High-precision CA-TIMS 206Pb/238U zircon dates clarify the age and tectonic significance of the Cambridge Formation which is poorly exposed in the Boston Basin, eastern Massachusetts, but transected by ∼50 km...

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 2014 EDT
  U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Roxbury Conglomerate, Boston Basin, Massachusetts: Tectono-stratigraphic Implications for Avalonia in and Beyond SE New England
  Margaret D. ThompsonJahandar RamezaniJames L. Crowley

  High-precision CA-TIMS 206Pb/238U zircon dates from sandstone and Brighton igneous rocks associated with Roxbury Conglomerate in the Boston Basin, eastern Massachusetts provide constraints on the age and tectonic significance of...

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