All Articles tagged Detrital zircon geochronology

• Science Paper
  February 26, 2024 EDT
  Late Ediacaran to Early Cambrian Breakup Sequences and Establishment of the Eastern Laurentian Passive Margin, Newfoundland, Canada
  Maya SoukupLuke P. BeranekStefanie LodeDylan GoudieDavid Grant

  The magma-poor, eastern Laurentian margin resulted from polyphase rifting, which culminated with the deposition of Ediacaran to Cambrian breakup sequences that formed in response to crust and mantle rupture events.

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• 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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  January 01, 2016 EDT
  Neoproterozoic Stratigraphy of the Zavkhan Terrane of Mongolia: The Backbone for Cryogenian and Early Ediacaran Chemostratigraphic Records
  Uyanga BoldEmily F. SmithAlan D. RooneySamuel A. BowringRobert BuchwaldtFrancis Ő. DudásJahandar RamezaniJames L. CrowleyDaniel P. SchragFrancis A. Macdonald

  The Neoproterozoic Tsagaan-Olom Group is exposed in the Zavkhan Terrane of southwestern Mongolia and hosts unique geochemical, paleoclimate, and paleontological records that have become central to our understanding of this...

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  May 01, 2015 EDT
  Detrital Zircons From Modern Sands in New England and the Timing of Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic Magmatism
  Dwight C. BradleyPaul O'SullivanLauren M. Bradley

  We report detrital zircon ages from modern sands from rivers and beaches of New England. Sand samples were collected from the Connecticut, Thames, Pawcatuck, Blackstone, Merrimack, Saco, Presumpscot, and Androscoggin-Kennebec...

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