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dc.contributor.authorFeuerbach, Daniel L.
dc.contributor.authorReagan, Mark K.
dc.contributor.authorFaulds, James E.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, J. Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-19T21:19:02Z
dc.date.available2015-03-19T21:19:02Z
dc.date.issued1998-02-10
dc.identifier.citationFeuerbach, D. L., M. K. Reagan, J. E. Faulds, and J. D. Walker (1998), Lead isotopic evidence for synextensional lithospheric ductile flow in the Colorado River extensional corridor, western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 103(B2), 2515–2528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/97JB03210.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/17137
dc.descriptionThis is the published version. Copyright 1998 American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.description.abstractTemporal changes in the Pb isotopic compositions of Miocene lavas erupted in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor suggest that lithospheric mantle and middle to deep crust migrated from beneath the Colorado Plateau into the corridor during extension. Basaltic to rhyolitic lavas erupted in the extensional corridor prior to 12.2 Ma have Pb isotopic values that are similar to those of Tertiary to Quaternary lavas erupted through Proterozoic Mojave crust, which comprises surface exposures of basement in the corridor and much of the extended territory to the west. In contrast, most post-12.2 Ma lavas from the same region have Pb isotopic compositions similar to those of lavas erupted through Arizona crust, which forms the basement of the Colorado Plateau. The changes in isotopic compositions of the basaltic lavas, and perhaps a portion of the changes in isotopic compositions of silicic lavas, are attributed to a change in the composition of the mantle source. However, the 206Pb/204Pb ratios for lavas erupted before and after 12.2 Ma in the corridor decrease with decreasing MgO concentrations, suggesting that the Pb isotopic compositions of crustal assimilants changed at about the same time as the composition of the mantle. In the area of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, the surface boundary between the Arizona and Mojave crustal provinces lies a minimum of 60–80 km to the east of the westernmost lava with an Arizona Pb isotopic signature. This distance cannot be accounted for by displacements along nearby major faults, suggesting that middle to deep Arizona crust flowed a significant distance to the west during extension.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.titleLead isotopic evidence for synextensional lithospheric ductile flow in the Colorado River extensional corridor, western United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorWalker, J. Douglas
kusw.kudepartmentGeologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/97JB03210
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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