Tectonics
Supporting Information for
Evidence for a long-lived transfer zone beneath the Snake River Plain and its
possible influence on Neogene magmatism
Alexandros Konstantinou1*
Elizabeth Miller1
1. Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA, 94305
2. Independent Researcher: akonstan@alumni.stanford.edu
Contents of this file
List of References Text S1 and tabulated data Table S1b
Introduction
This Supporting Information provides a complete list of references used to compile data
on the timing of extensional deformation of Metamorphic core complexes and adjacent
regions. The geochronometric information was tabulated in the table (S1b)
accompanying the Supporting Information and were used to construct figures 1 and 2
and 3.
Text S1. Supporting Information I: References for Figures 1, 2 and 3
Shuswap Metamorphic core complex
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Valhala dome
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Anaconda Metamorphic core complex
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Pioneer Metamorphic core complex
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Albion – Raft-River – Grouse Creek Metamorphic core complex
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southern Idaho: Implications for Snake River Plain magmatism and its role in the
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Ruby Mountains – East Humboldt Metamorphic core complex
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Snake Range Metamorphic core complex
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Funeral Mountains Metamorphic core complex
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Table S1b
Rock type
Core Complex
Structural
position
Mineral
Age
Max
Age
Min
Albion-Middle mountains
pelitic rocks
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
65
45
Albion-Middle mountains
pelitic rocks
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
32.6
27.1
Zircon U-PB
32.5
24.5
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
lower plate
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
lower plate
Whole rock Rb-Sr
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
lower plate
Albion-Middle mountains
granitoids
Anaconda
Reference
Comment
Hoisch et al., 2008
Strickland et al., 2011
Stricklnad et al., 2011;
Konstantinou et al., 2013
28
32
Armstrong 1968
25.9
23.8
Armstrong 1968
23
21.5
Armstrong 1968
AFT
14.4
12.4
Egger et al., 2003
lower plate
Surface exposure
11.0
9.5
Konstantinou et al., 2012
granite
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
54
53
Foster et al., 2010
Anaconda
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
51.5
40.5
Foster et al., 2010
Anaconda
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
50.5
38.5
Foster et al., 2010
Anaconda
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
28
24
Foster et al., 2010
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
65
54
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
50.5
47.5
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
50
47
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
48.7
48.6
House et al., 2002
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Hbl
48.6
42.1
House et al., 2002
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
48.6
47.8
House et al., 2002
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
44
42.6
Foster et al., 2001
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Kfs
43.6
40
Foster et al., 2001
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
kfs
43.5
43
Foster et al., 2001
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
43.4
42
Foster et al., 2001
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
ZFT
41
36
Foster and Raza, 2002
Bitterroot East
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
35
23
Foster and Raza, 2002
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
65
54
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
50.5
47.5
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
50
47
Foster and Fanning 1997
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
49.6
49.2
Foster et al., 2001
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Kfs
48.4
47.2
House et al., 2002
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
ZFT
48
42
Foster and Raza, 2002
1
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
Bitterroot west
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
46.3
46.3
45
42
Clearwater core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Clearwater core complex
granitoids
Funeral
Foster et al., 2001
Foster and Raza, 2002
Ms
53.7
47
Foster et al., 2007
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
53.2
47
Foster et al., 2007
?
lower plate
Ms
110
55
DeWitt et al., 1988
Funeral
granitoids
lower plate
ZFT
12
9
Holm and Dokka, 1991
Funeral
granitoids
lower plate
sphene FT
11
8
Holm and Dokka, 1991
Funeral
granitoids
lower plate
sphene FT
8
5
Holm and Dokka, 1991
Okanogan gneiss dome
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
59.8
51.1
Kruckenberg et al., 2008
Okanogan gneiss dome
granitoids
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
52.9
51.4
Kruckenberg et al., 2008
Okanogan gneiss dome
granitoids
lower plate
Titanite U-Pb
48.1
46.1
Kruckenberg et al., 2008
Okanogan gneiss dome
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
47.9
44
Kruckenberg et al., 2008
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
52.3
47.1
Vogl et al., 2012
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Hbl
46
44
Vogl et al., 2012
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
38
35
Vogl et al., 2012
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Kfs
34
32
Vogl et al., 2012
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Apatite U-Th/He
34
30.6
Vogl et al., 2012
Pioneer core complex
granitoids
lower plate
Apatite U-Th/He
12
8
Vogl et al., 2014
Priest River
granitoid clast
lower plate
Bt
56.8
48.3
Priest River
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
53
52
Priest River
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
52
45.4
Doughty and Chamberlain 2007
Raft River Range
Pelites, orthogneiss
lower plate
Ms
47.4
14.6
Wells et al., 2000
Raft River Range
Pelites, orthogneiss
lower plate
Bt
44
13.4
Wells et al., 2000
Raft River Range
Pelites, orthogneiss
lower plate
AFT
13.5
7.4
Wells et al., 2000
Raft River Range
Pelites, orthogneiss
lower plate
ZFT
13.4
9.4
Wells et al., 2000
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
40
36
Howard 2003
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
38
36
Colgan et al., 2010
Ruby Mts
?
lower plate
Bt
35
20
Howard 2003
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
Bt
34.3
24
Colgan et al., 2010
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
18
11.5
Colgan et al., 2010
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
18
10
Ruby Mts
granitoids
lower plate
Apatite U-Th/He
17
12.6
Shuswap
granitoids and leucogranites
lower plate
Hbl
59
54
Vanderhaeghe et al., 2003
Shuswap
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
56
55
Vanderhaeghe et al., 1999
Shuswap
granitoids and metased. Rocks
lower plate
ZFT
54
42
Lorencak et al., 2001
Doughty and Chamberlain 2007
Whitehouse et al., 1992
Howard 2003
Colgan et al., 2010
2
Shuswap
granitoids and leucogranites
lower plate
Ms
50.9
48.2
Vanderhaeghe et al., 2003
Shuswap
granitoids and leucogranites
lower plate
Bt
49.5
47.7
Vanderhaeghe et al., 2003
Shuswap
granitoids and metased. Rocks
lower plate
AFT
49
39
Lorencak et al., 2001
Shuswap
granitoids and leucogranites
lower plate
Kfs
48
42
Vanderhaeghe et al., 2003
multi-diffusion domain
Snake Range
pelitic shist +qtz
lower plate
Kfs
46
21
Lee et al., 1995
multi-diffusion domain
Snake Range
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
40
40.8
Snake Range
granitoids
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
39
36
Miller et al., 1999
Snake Range
granitoids
lower plate
Ms
26
24
Lee and Sutter 1993
Snake Range
pelitic shist +qtz
lower plate
Kfs
21
17
Lee et al., 1995
Snake Range
granitoids and quartzite
lower plate
AFT
17.7
11
Miller et al., 1999
Snake Range
granitoids and quartzite
lower plate
ZFT
16.1
14.7
Miller et al., 1999
Valhalla
migmatite
lower plate
Zircon U-PB
63.5
59
Gordon et al., 2009
Valhalla
migmatite
lower plate
Ms
60
49
Gordon et al., 2008
Valhalla
migmatite
lower plate
Hbl
60
54
Gordon et al., 2008
Valhalla
migmatite
lower plate
Monazite U-PB
57
51
Gordon et al., 2008
Valhalla
migmatite
lower plate
Bt
51
48
Gordon et al., 2008
Valhalla
granitoids
lower plate
ZFT
50
42
Parish 1995
Valhalla
granitoids
lower plate
AFT
40
26
Parish 1995
Cooper et al., 2010
multi-diffusion domain
Table S1b. Tabulated geochronometric date used to construct figure 2.
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