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Preliminary Report on the Behavior of U-Pb Zircon and K-Ar Systems in Polymetamorphosed Ophiolitic Rocks and Batholithic Rocks, Southwestern Sierra Nevada Foothills, California

Abstract

Ophiolitic rocks of the southwest Sierra Nevada foothills form part of the western metamorphic wall of the Sierra Nevada batholith (fig. 1). Geochronological studies were undertaken to determine: (1) The igneous petrogenetic age of the ophiolite; (2) The age of a prebatholith dynamic greenschist to amphibolite facies metamorphic event experienced by the ophiolite; and (3) The emplacement ages of the batholithic rocks. Geochronological work was interfaced with detailed structural and petrologic studies. A summary of the geochronological data is given in figure 2.

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