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U-Pb detrital zircon data and Ar feldspar data from middle Cenozoic sandstones and volcanic tuffs from southern Nevada, USA

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2020-08-01
End Date
2023-07-04

Citation

Lundstern, J.-E., Mercer, C.M., and Morgan, L.E., 2023, U-Pb detrital zircon data and Ar feldspar data from middle Cenozoic sandstones and volcanic tuffs from southern Nevada, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JCU656.

Summary

This Data Release accompanies the publication, "Paleogene sedimentary basin development in southern Nevada, USA" by Lundstern and others (2024) in the journal Lithosphere. Included here are U-Pb detrital zircon and Ar/Ar feldspar geochronologic data for middle Cenozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks collected by Jens-Erik Lundstern and Theresa M. Schwartz in several parts of southern Nevada, U.S. The target strata are the lowest Cenozoic sedimentary rocks deposited above the base-Cenozoic unconformity. U-Pb detrital zircon data were obtained at the University of Arizona LaserChron Center in Tucson, Arizona in February 2021, October 2021, and January 2023. 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data were collected at the U.S. Geological Survey in [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jens-Erik Lundstern, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Jens-Erik Lundstern, Cameron M Mercer, Leah E Morgan
Metadata Contact :
Jens-Erik Lundstern, U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems

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Metadata_LundsternEtAlNevadaBasins_Geochronology.xml
“Metadata file”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		103.36 KB application/fgdc+xml
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsArgonData.csv
“40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data” 		78.19 KB text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsArgonParameters.csv
“Parameters for 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic analyses” 		734 Bytes text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsArgonSummary.csv
“Summary of 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic analyses” 		1.08 KB text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsDataDictionary.csv
“Data dictionary providing information about the fields in the accompanying table” 		29.83 KB text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsIrradiationChronologies.csv
“Chronology for irradiations associated with 40Ar/39Ar analysis” 		140 Bytes text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsUPbData.csv
“U-Pb detrital zircon geochronologic data” 		2.02 MB text/csv
LundsternEtAlNevadaBasinsUPbSummary.csv
“Summary of U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology” 		5.71 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to provide maximum and minimum depositional age constraints for the middle Cenozoic sedimentary rocks preserved above the base-Cenozoic unconformity in several parts of southern Nevada. These data can be used as reliable absolute ages for the sedimentary and volcanic rocks at the designated sample localities. The 40Ar/39Ar feldspar ages from volcanic samples roughly correspond to the time when those rocks were erupted. The U-Pb detrital zircon data from sedimentary rocks represent ages of individual grains from multiple different sources that were deposited together before being lithified. All data can be used without restriction, but the data sources should be properly cited. Users should carefully examine the dataset to determine its limitations, including uncertainty ranges.

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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