Search Results - "Duncan Keppie, J"
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Nd isotopic data indicating Oaxacan source of Ordovician granitoids in the Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Paleogeographic implications
Published in Tectonophysics (21-08-2018)“…Ordovician megacrystic granitoids intrude the Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic Acatlán Complex of southern Mexico, which consists of rift-passive margin, clastic rocks…”
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Nd isotopic and trace element constraints on the source of Silurian–Devonian mafic lavas in the Chaleur Bay Synclinorium of New Brunswick (Canada): Tectonic implications
Published in Tectonophysics (20-06-2016)“…Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian volcanic rocks of the Gander Zone, from the northern mainland Appalachians of northern New Brunswick, occur in the Chaleur Bay…”
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Synthesis and tectonic interpretation of the westernmost Paleozoic Variscan orogen in southern Mexico: From rifted Rheic margin to active Pacific margin
Published in Tectonophysics (01-12-2008)“…Paleozoic rocks in southern Mexico occur in two terranes, Oaxaquia (Oaxacan Complex) and Mixteca (Acatlán Complex) that appear to record: (1) Ordovician…”
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Comparative evolution of the Iapetus and Rheic Oceans: A North America perspective
Published in Gondwana research (01-03-2010)“…Differences in the origin and evolution of the Iapetan and Rheic oceans profoundly affected the development of the Ouachitan–Appalachian–Variscan orogen. The…”
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Mid-Tertiary (25–21Ma) lamprophyres in NW Mexico derived from subduction-modified subcontinental lithospheric mantle in an extensional backarc environment following steepening of the Benioff zone
Published in Tectonophysics (01-04-2013)“…The mid-Tertiary lamprophyre dike swarm (~8km×2.5km in size) from Hermosillo (Sonora, NW Mexico) has calc–alkaline characteristics and includes NNW-striking,…”
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An autochthonous Avalonian basement source for the latest Ordovician Brenton Pluton in the Meguma terrane of Nova Scotia: U–Pb–Hf isotopic constraints and paleogeographic implications
Published in International journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau (01-04-2018)“…The Ediacaran–Ordovician Meguma Supergroup was thrust over Avalonia basement prior to the intrusion of post-Acadian, ca. 370 Ma, S-type granitic batholiths…”
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Neoproterozoic?Early Paleozoic evolution of peri-Gondwanan terranes: implications for Laurentia-Gondwana connections
Published in International journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau (01-11-2004)“…Issue Title: "The Avalonian-Cadomian Belt and related peri-Gondwana Terranes" Neoproterozoic tectonics is dominated by the amalgamation of the supercontinent…”
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Study of melt and a clast of 546 Ma magmatic arc rocks in the 65 Ma Chicxulub bolide breccia, northern Maya block, Mexico: western limit of Ediacaran arc peripheral to northern Gondwana
Published in International geology review (20-08-2011)“…The basement of the Maya block of eastern Mexico is generally covered by Mesozoic and Cenozoic platformal carbonate rocks. However, the 65.5 Ma Chicxulub…”
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The Yucatan, a Laurentian or Gondwanan fragment? Geophysical and palinspastic constraints
Published in International journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau (01-07-2014)“…Current reconstructions suggest that the Yucatan block has Gondwanan provenance and orient the Yucatan E–W in the Ouachita embayment where it overlaps southern…”
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Ordovician–Silurian rift-passive margin on the Mexican margin of the Rheic Ocean overlain by Carboniferous–Permian periarc rocks: Evidence from the eastern Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico
Published in Tectonophysics (01-12-2008)“…In the Xayacatlán area of the Acatlán Complex in southern Mexico, several, N–S, fault-bounded packages of rocks occur (from west to east): (i) greenschist…”
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Exotic rifted passive margin of a back-arc basin off western Pangea: geochemical evidence from the Early Mesozoic Ayú Complex, southern Mexico
Published in International geology review (01-05-2013)“…Recent detrital zircon studies of metamorphosed and polydeformed rocks of the early Mesozoic Ayú Complex in southern Mexico suggest an allochthonous origin…”
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Ordovician–earliest Silurian rift tholeiites in the Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Evidence of rifting on the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean
Published in Tectonophysics (01-12-2008)“…The Acatlán Complex of southern Mexico is a vestige of a Paleozoic Ocean inferred to be either the Cambro-Ordovician Iapetus and/or the…”
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Mafic forearc cumulates and associated rocks in the central high-pressure belt of the Acatlán Complex of southern México: geochemical constraints
Published in International geology review (01-08-2013)“…The high-pressure (HP) Piaxtla Suite at Tehuitzingo contains peridotites, gabbros, and serpentinized peridotites, as well as granitoids and metasedimentary…”
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Geochemistry and U-Pb protolith ages of eclogitic rocks of the Asís Lithodeme, Piaxtla Suite, Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico; tectonothermal activity along the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean
Published in Journal of the Geological Society (01-07-2006)“…Recent data indicating that the Piaxtla Suite (Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico) underwent eclogite-facies metamorphism and exhumation during the…”
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Complex geometry of the Cenozoic magma plumbing system in the central Sahara, NW Africa
Published in International geology review (01-12-2011)“…Topographic uplifts in the central Sahara occur in the Hoggar-Aïr and Tibesti-Gharyan swells that consist of Precambrian rocks overlain by Cenozoic volcanic…”
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Evolution of the Rheic Ocean
Published in Gondwana research (01-03-2010)“…The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture…”
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An alternative Pangea reconstruction for Middle America with the Chortis Block in the Gulf of Mexico: tectonic implications
Published in International geology review (20-10-2012)“…Understanding Pangea breakup requires a robust reconstruction, and this article focuses on the Middle America sector of the supercontinent. Although most…”
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Old and juvenile source of Paleozoic and Mesozoic basaltic magmas in the Acatlán and Ayú complexes, Southern Mexico: Nd isotopic constraints
Published in Tectonophysics (20-06-2016)“…The Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic Acatlán Complex and the Mesozoic Ayú Complex of southern Mexico consist of clastic rocks and rift-related igneous rocks inferred…”
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