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U-Pb zircon data for: Cretaceous plutonic rocks of western Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

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2016
End Date
2019

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Holm-Denoma, C.S., Pianowski, L.S., and Wilson, F., 2020, U-Pb zircon data for: Cretaceous plutonic rocks of western Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90HNEP5.

Summary

In 2016, with National Park Service support, several previously undated plutons were sampled in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve along the west side of Glacier Bay for age determinations. Geochronologic analyses were conducted to determine the ages of the plutonic rocks in the Glacier Bay area. Five samples were collected by Frederic Wilson (USGS Alaska Science Center), from Dundas Bay and Geikie Inlet, and dated by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry U-Pb methods. The dates obtained ranged from approximately 112-118 Ma, indicating that these samples are younger than the Saint Elias plutonic suite (ca. 160 Ma-130Ma), which runs along the same trend as the sampled rocks to the south.

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U-Pb reference material data for Cretaceous plutonic rocks of western Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.csv 21.8 KB text/csv
U-Pb zircon data for Cretaceous plutonic rocks of western Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.csv 19.11 KB text/csv
Sample Information for Cretaceous plutonic rocks of western Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.csv 798 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

These samples were collected to test the hypothesis that they belong to the Saint Elias plutonic suite (ca. 160 Ma-130 Ma) as they are along the trend of those plutonic rocks to the north. The data generated from these sample analyses will be included in the Alaska Geologic Map (Wilson and others, 2015) database.

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