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Location Data for Petrographic Samples and Isotopic and Age Data from Detrital Zircon Grains from Selected Rock Samples from St. Lawrence Island and the Western Brooks Range, Alaska

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This data set contains a list of geologic station localities on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, from which thin section samples were examined. The data set also contains U-Pb isotopic data and ages of detrital zircon (DZ) from sedimentary rocks collected on St. Lawrence Island and in the western Brooks Range. All St. Lawrence Island samples (DZ and thin sections) were collected by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists during geologic mapping in the 1970s. DZ samples from the Brooks Range were collected as part of regional geological mapping programs by the USGS and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Detrital zircon grains were obtained from samples of sedimentary rocks to determine depositional age and sediment sources. The data tables accompanying this data release report the isotopic composition of uranium (U) and thorium (Th) measured in each grain, ratios of two isotopes of lead (207Pb and 206Pb) and two isotopes of uranium (235U and 238U), and the age of each grain.

Author(s): Dumoulin, J. A.; Amato, J. M.; Gottlieb, E. S.; Moore, T. E.

Suggested Citation:
Dumoulin, J. A., Amato, J. M., Gottlieb, E. S. and Moore, T. E., 2022, Location data for petrographic samples and isotopic and age data from detrital zircon grains from selected rock samples from St. Lawrence Island and the western Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99PILIK.

Referenced Publication(s):

Amato, J. M., J. A. Dumoulin, E. S. Gottlieb, and T. E. Moore. 2022. Detrital zircon ages from Upper Paleozoic–Triassic clastic strata on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: An enigmatic component of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate. Geosphere 18(3). doi:10.1130/GES02490.1


DataID: 476 | doi:10.5066/P99PILIK | Date Posted Online: 2022-04-29 | Last Updated: 2022-04-29 12:05:45

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