Pace of passive margin tectonism revealed by U-Pb dating of fracture-filling calcite

It is thought that Atlantic style passive margins have experienced episodes of uplift and volcanism in response to changes in mantle circulation. The authors here employ U-Pb dating of calcite in faults and fractures along the eastern North American margin and find a 40 Myr long period of fracturing...

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Main Authors: William H. Amidon, Andrew R. C. Kylander-Clark, Matthew N. Barr, Samuel F. I. Graf, David P. West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29680-z