| Abstract: | Sm-Nd systematics for nine whole-rock samples of hornblende norites, pyroxenites and a lamprophyre from various parts of the Cortlandt Complex were analyzed. Six of these samples from the central and eastern parts of the complex give an isochron age of 430??34 (2 ??) Ma with an e{open}Nd value of -2.9??0.5, and the other three samples from the western part, including the lamprophyre, define a similar age of 394??33 (2 ??) Ma but with a distinctly different e{open}Nd value of -1.4??0.4. The two different initial 143Nd/144Nd ratios corresponding to these e{open}-values are interpreted to reflect continental crustal contamination of the lamprophyric parental liquid prior to final emplacement and crystal fractionation to produce the different rock types of the complex. The intrusion age of 430 Ma for the complex clearly post-dates the major metamorphic event of the Taconic orogeny. The Nd-isotopic data also suggest a relationship between the Cortlandt Complex and a belt of lamprophyric dike rocks to the west, known as the Beemerville trend, which cuts across the metamorphic trends of the Taconic (Ratcliffe 1981). ?? 1982 Springer-Verlag. |
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| Citation Author: | Domenick, M. A.; Basu, A. R. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Age and origin of the Cortlandt Complex, New York: Implications from Sm-Nd data; 1982; Article; Journal; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Domenick, M. A.; Basu, A. R. |
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| Citation Year: | 1982 |
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| Text: | Age and origin of the Cortlandt Complex, New York: Implications from Sm-Nd data; 1982; Article; Journal; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Domenick, M. A.; Basu, A. R. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00371520 |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00 -0600 |
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