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Jeffrey Amato

Professor of Geology, New Mexico State University
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Burial rates during prograde metamorphism of an ultra-high-pressure terrane: an example from Lago di Cignana, western Alps, Italy

…, NJ Mahlen, BL Beard, JM Amato - Earth and Planetary …, 2003 - Elsevier
Estimation of burial rates and duration of prograde metamorphism of ultra-high-pressure (UHP)
rocks (T=590–630C, P=2.7–2.9 GPa) of the Zermatt–Saas ophiolite from Lago di Cignana…

New insights into Arctic paleogeography and tectonics from U‐Pb detrital zircon geochronology

EL Miller, J Toro, G Gehrels, JM Amato, A Prokopiev… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
To test existing models for the formation of the Amerasian Basin, detrital zircon suites from
12 samples of Triassic sandstone from the circum‐Arctic region were dated by laser ablation‐…

Rapid exhumation of the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite deduced from high-precision SmNd and RbSr geochronology

JM Amato, CM Johnson, LP Baumgartner… - Earth and Planetary …, 1999 - Elsevier
SmNd isotope data from garnets in ultrahigh-pressure (coesite-bearing) eclogite from the
Western Alps were obtained to determine the age of peak metamorphism and exhumation …

Age, chemistry, and correlations of Neoproterozoic–Devonian igneous rocks of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka terrane: An overview with new U-Pb ages

JM Amato, JN Aleinikoff, VV Akinin… - Spec. Pap., Geol …, 2014 - books.google.com
… Cathodoluminescence (CL) images from selected Proterozoic zircons analyzed in this study
and in Amato et al.(2009). Inherited cores are not common; some grains have thin rims with …

Paleozoic rocks of northern Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Far East: Implications for the tectonics of the Arctic region

BA Natal'in, JM Amato, J Toro, JE Wright - Tectonics, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Paleozoic rocks exposed across the northern flank of the mid‐Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
Koolen metamorphic dome make up two structurally superimposed tectonic units: (1) …

Late Proterozoic–Paleozoic evolution of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka terrane based on U-Pb igneous and detrital zircon ages: Implications for Neoproterozoic …

JM Amato, J Toro, EL Miller… - Geological …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Seward Peninsula of northwestern Alaska is part of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka terrane,
a crustal fragment exotic to western Laurentia with an uncertain origin and pre-Mesozoic …

Evolution of the Mazatzal province and the timing of the Mazatzal orogeny: Insights from U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of igneous and metasedimentary …

JM Amato, AO Boullion, AM Serna… - Geological …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New U-Pb zircon ages, geochemistry, and Nd isotopic data are presented from three localities
in the Paleoproterozoic Mazatzal province of southern New Mexico, United States. These …

Tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic South Anyui suture zone, eastern Russia: A critical component of paleogeographic reconstructions of the Arctic region

JM Amato, J Toro, VV Akinin, BA Hampton… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The South Anyui suture zone consists of late Paleozoic–Jurassic ultramafic rocks and
Jurassic–Cretaceous pre-, syn-, and postcollisional sedimentary rocks. It represents the closure of …

Provenance of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sandstones in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico, and its bearing on fluvial …

…, FJ Vega, GE Gehrels, JM Amato - Geological …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Sandstone petrography and detrital zircon U-Pb analysis of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene
sandstones in the foreland basin of the Sierra Madre Oriental in northeastern Mexico indicate …

Detrital zircon ages from the Chugach terrane, southern Alaska, reveal multiple episodes of accretion and erosion in a subduction complex

JM Amato, TL Pavlis - Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the McHugh Complex reveal the Mesozoic history of the
Chugach terrane accretionary complex in southern Alaska (United States). The majority of the …