Tectonic, magmatic, and metamorphic history of the New Jersey Highlands: New insights from SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology
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2010
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Volkert, Richard A.
Aleinikoff, John N.
Fanning, Christopher
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Geological Society of America Inc
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New U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) ages from zircon and monazite document a 350 m.y. geologic evolution for the New Jersey Highlands. Two pulses of calc-alkaline magmatism that include the Wanaque tonalitic gneiss (1366 ± 9 Ma and
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Keywords: A-type rock; dacite; diorite; geochronology; gneiss; granite; hydrothermal activity; magmatism; marble; metamorphism; monazite; SHRIMP dating; subduction zone; supracrustal rock; tectonic setting; tonalite; upland region; uranium-lead dating; volcanic roc
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From Rodinia to Pangea: The Lithotectonic Record of the Appalachian region
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