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AN IMBRICATE MID CRUSTAL SUTURE ZONE: THE MOJAVE-YAVAPAI PROVINCE BOUNDARY IN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
The Mojave and Yavapai provinces in southwestern Laurentia contain evolved and juvenile crust respectively, but the nature of their boundary remains uncertain. This paper analyzes the U-Pb-Hf isotopic composition of zircons from both the oldest plutons and metasedimentary rocks in Grand Canyon. My …
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Sediment incorporation into continental arc systems and paleogeography of the western North American Cordillera: Insights from the North Cascades, Washington
… Upper Cretaceous rocks may be indicative of a Mojave province sediment source. Zircon data was also collected from metasupracrustal units throughout the North Cascades crystalline core. The Cascade River Schist and Napeequa Schist have been interpreted to represent Triassic oceanic-arc related …