Vol. 306, Issue 10, 2006

Science Paper
Linking Late Paleozoic Sedimentary Provenance in the Appalachian Basin to the History of Alleghanian Deformation
Thomas P. BeckerWilliam A. ThomasGeorge E. Gehrels
The Pennsylvanian and Permian strata in the Appalachian basin are generally interpreted to be the erosional record of the Alleghanian orogeny. Advances in our understanding of the kinematic and tectonic...
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Ordovician ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Phengite Ages From the Blueschist-Facies Ondor Sum Subduction-Accretion Complex (Inner Mongolia) and Implications for the Early Paleozoic History of Continental Blocks in China and Adjacent Areas
Koen de JongWenjiao XiaoBrian F. WindleyHideki MasagoChing-hua Lo
We obtained 453.2 ± 1.8 Ma and 449.4 ± 1.8 Ma (2σ) laser step-heating 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages for phengite from quartzite mylonites from the blueschist-facies Ondor Sum subduction-accretion complex in...
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Thermochronology of the West Sudetes (Bohemian Massif): Rapid and Repeated Eduction in the Eastern Variscides, Poland and Czech Republic
D. A. SchneiderS. J. ZahniserJ. M. GlascockS. M. GordonM. Manecki
The Sudete Mountains of northeastern Bohemian Massif were amalgamated during the closure of the Rheic ocean, culminating with Variscan orogenesis, and contain occurrences of high-pressure granulite and small relict ultrahigh-pressure...