Denudation of metamorphic core complexes and the reconstruction of the transition zone, west central Arizona: constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology

D. A. Foster, A. J W Gleadow, Stephen Reynolds, P. G. Fitzgerald

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Abstract

Apatite fission track thermochronologic results from transects across the Basin and Range and Transition Zone provinces in west central Arizona provide constraints on the denudational history and structural framework of the region. The major faults in the Transition Zone province have relative displacements of >1 km and that offset on them occurred mostly after 25 Ma. These data also indicate that most of the rocks now exposed in the Transition Zone of west central Arizona were not exposed until Miocene time. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2167-2185
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of geophysical research
Volume98
Issue numberB2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Forestry
  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science
  • Ecology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Palaeontology

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