Dr. David Kimbrough’s new paper published on zircon U-Pb ages for the gabbro from the PRB. It establishes a chronological framework for understanding the role of mafic intrusions in the […]
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Detrital zircon provenance of the Late Cretaceous–Eocene California forearc: Influence of Laramide low-angle subduction on sediment dispersal and paleogeography
Dr. David Kimbrough’s new paper published using the California forearc to provide a case study of the utility of detrital zircon geochronology in resolving landscape evolution in an active margin setting. Particularly […]
Sourcing sandstone cobble grinding tools in southern California using petrography, U–Pb geochronology, and Hf isotope geochemistry
Dr. David Kimbrough and Dr. Pat Abbott’s new paper where the authors investigated the geological origins and sources of sandstone cobble grinding tools. This paper is […]
Helium Isotope Variations and Mantle Plume-Spreading Ridge Interactions Along the Galápagos Spreading Center
Dr. Barry Hanan’s new paper published as chapter 18 in the “The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences”. Collectively, The Galápagos presents case studies illustrating the […]
Assembly of a large earthquake from a complex fault system: Surface rupture kinematics of the 4 April 2010 El Mayor–Cucapah (Mexico) Mw 7.2 earthquake
A new paper from Dr. Tom Rockwell and others that discusses the complex rupture dynamics of the El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake on April 4th 2010. The primary multifault rupture […]