Paleogeography of Western North America: Insights from Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotope Geochemistry

• Main Author: Pecha, Mark Ernest
• Other Authors: Gehrels, George E., DeCelles, Peter G., Carrapa, Barbara, Kapp, Paul
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Arizona. 2019
• Subjects: Coast Mountains batholith; detrital zircon; Gulf of Mexico; Hf isotopes; San Juan basin; U-Pb geochronology; Yukon; San Juan; Canada; British Columbia; Wilcox; Wilcox Group; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/634337

Reconstructing the geologic and tectonic evolution of western North America from Paleozoic through Eocene time is the goal of this dissertation. Three geographical regions were selected for analysis using modern analytical techniques including U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrit...