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Archean geochronological framework of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Date

Authors

Frost, Carol D.

Fanning, Christopher

Publisher

N R C Research Press

Abstract

The Bighorn Mountains of the central Wyoming Province expose a large tract of Archean crust that has been tectonically inactive and at relatively high crustal levels since ∼2.7 Ga. Seven sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U-Pb zircon and

Keywords

Keywords: Deformation; History; Landforms; Lithology; Rocks; Structural geology; Tectonics; Granitic intrusion; Magmatic event; Mountains; Geochronology; Archean; diorite; geochronology; gneiss; granite; lithology; SHRIMP dating; sill; tectonic evolution; titanite;

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/23294

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1139/E06-051

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