Proterozoic evolution of the Mojave crustal province as preserved in the Ivanpah Mountains, southeastern California》.pdf

Precambrian Research 224 (2013) 222–241 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Precambrian Research j o u rn a l h o me p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/precamres Proterozoic evolution of the Mojave crustal province as preserved in the Ivanpah Mountains, southeastern California By Ariel Strickland a,d,∗ , Joseph L. Wooden a,b , Chris G. Mattinson a,c , Takayuki Ushikubo d , David M. Miller b , John W. Valley d a Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States b U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States c Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, United States d Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In the western U.S., numerous exposures of Precambrian crustal rocks were exhumed from mid-crustal Received 6 March 2012 depths during Cenozoic tectonic events and provide a view into the deep crust. This natural laboratory Received in revised form 1 September 2012 provides an excellent opportunity to study orogenic and continent-forming processes at deeper levels. Accepted 4 September 2012 The Ivanpah Mountains of southeastern California contain exposures of Paleoproterozoic migmatites Available online 14 September 2012 and banded gneisses that belong to the Mojave crustal province. New, detailed U–Pb geochronology of