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Argon Data for samples from the Elkhead and Rabbit Ears Mountains, northern Colorado, USA

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2013-09-13
End Date
2017-07-06

Citation

Mercer, C.M., Cosca, M.A., and Morgan, L.E., 2024, Argon Data for samples from the Elkhead and Rabbit Ears Mountains, northern Colorado, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1VOZBNL.

Summary

This dataset accompanies the planned publication “Mantle Melting in Regions of Thick Continental Lithosphere-Examples from Late Cretaceous and Younger Volcanic Rocks, Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado” in the journal Geosphere. The dataset includes 40Ar/39Ar data for 19 samples from the Rabbit Ears volcanic field and from the Elkhead Mountains in northcentral Colorado, USA. Samples were collected from this area by James Mize (University of Colorado, Boulder), Lang Farmer (University of Colorado, Boulder), and Michael Cosca (USGS) with helpful input about sampling locations by Kenzie Turner (USGS). The samples were analyzed in the Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory at the USGS from September, 2013 to July, 2017.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Cameron M Mercer
Originator :
Cameron M Mercer, Michael A Cosca, Leah E Morgan
Metadata Contact :
Cameron M Mercer, GS GGGSC DM Team
USGS Program :
Mineral Resources Program
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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ElkheadRabbitEarsArgonMetadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		73.66 KB application/fgdc+xml
DataDictionary.csv 24.99 KB text/csv
ElkheadRabbitEarsArgonData.csv 161.87 KB text/csv
ElkheadRabbitEarsArgonSummary.csv 7.99 KB text/csv
ElkheadRabbitEarsIrradiationChronologies.csv 281 Bytes text/csv
ElkheadRabbitEarsParameters.csv 1.82 KB text/csv
ElkheadRabbitEarsSampleLocations.zip 1.4 KB application/zip

Purpose

This data release contains 40Ar/39Ar data for 19 samples from the Rabbit Ears volcanic field and Elkhead Mountains in northcentral Colorado, USA. The data for these samples will be used to constrain the timing of intrusive and extrusive igneous activity in the region, and evaluate sources for mantle-derived melts in regions with thick (>150 km) continental lithosphere.

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