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Age of the Los Ranchos Formation, Dominican Republic: Timing and tectonic setting of primitive island arc volcanism in the Caribbean region

Date

Authors

Kesler, Stephen E

Campbell, Ian

Allen, Charlotte M

Publisher

Association of Engineering Geologists

Abstract

This study reports U-Pb ages for zircons from the Los Ranchos Formation, which is part of the primitive island arc sequence, the oldest volcanic rocks in the Greater Antilles. Zircons were analyzed from three samples: quartz porphyry (quartz keratophyre)

Keywords

Keywords: Island arc volcanism; Los Ranchos Formation; Primitive island arc (PIA); Zircons; Data acquisition; Grain (agricultural product); Mathematical models; Quartz; Rocks; Sediments; Tectonics; Cretaceous; island arc; tholeiite; uranium-lead dating; volcanism; Caribbean; Hispaniola; Los Ranchos Formation; Plate tectonics; U-Pb island-arc tholeiite

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80527

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geological Society of America Bulletin

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1130/B25594.1

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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