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U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of cores and cuttings from selected wells in Arctic Alaska

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2016
End Date
2018

Citation

Holm-Denoma, C.S., Pianowski, L.S., and Niglio, L., 2019, U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of cores and cuttings from selected wells in Arctic Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GSRWS5.

Summary

Select samples were collected from boreholes in Arctic Alaska to determine the U-Pb ages of zircon to determine a maximum depositional age of the geologic units and/or provenance of the zircon in the samples. Samples were collected from the Department of Natural Resources-Alaska Geologic Materials Center in Anchorage Alaska and sent to U.S. Geological Survey-Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO for mineral separation and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) U-Pb geochronology analyses. The information is this report includes LA-ICPMS analyses conducted between 2016 and 2018 of at least 120 zircon grains or more (if recovered from sample) from twenty samples of rift, Ellesmerian, [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Christopher S Holm-Denoma, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Originator :
Christopher S Holm-Denoma, Laura S Pianowski, Louis Niglio
Metadata Contact :
Christopher S Holm-Denoma, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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Arctic-Alaska Cores and Cuttings.xml
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U-Pb zircon data for cores and cuttings from selected wells in Arctic Alaska.csv 409.31 KB text/csv
Sample Information for cores and cuttings from selected wells in Arctic Alaska.csv 3.08 KB text/csv

Purpose

U-Pb zircon geochronology is an important laboratory technique used in tectonic studies. Detrital zircon geochronology is used here to help identify the source or provenance of the sampled rocks, better resolve the timing and evolution of rifting and tectonic events, test regional paleogeographic reconstructions, understand sedimentary dispersal systems, and resolve age relationships of important hydrocarbon reservoir rocks in federally managed areas of Alaska.

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