Age and Stratigraphic Relationships of Structurally Deepest level Rocks, Oman Mountains: U/Pb SHRIMP Evidence for Late Carboniferous Neotethys Rifting

Gray, DerekGregory, Robert TArmstrong, RichardRichards, Ian JMiller, Jodie2015-12-132015-12-130022-1376http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79152Igneous zircons in felsic schist, or metatuff, infolded with mafic schist, calcschist, and quartz mica schist of the As Sifah lower plate window, NE Oman, have yielded a U/Pb SHRIMP crystallization age of 298 ± 3 Ma. The metatuff was previously considereKeywords: Carboniferous; magmatism; rifting; Tethys; Asia; Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia; Middle East; Oman; WorldAge and Stratigraphic Relationships of Structurally Deepest level Rocks, Oman Mountains: U/Pb SHRIMP Evidence for Late Carboniferous Neotethys Rifting200510.1086/4493252015-12-11