Highlights of recent work
Reconciling garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd, and monazite U-Pb ages for a prolonged metamorphic event, northern New Mexico (2022)
Authors: Bollen, E.M., Stowell, H.H., Aronoff, R.F., Stotter, S.V., Daniel, C.G., McFarlane, C.R.M., and Vervoort, J.D.
Plain language summary: We use multiple geochronology tools to investigate the timing of Mesoproterozoic tectonic events in North America.
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Laurentia in transition during the Mesoproterozoic: observations and speculation on the ca. 1500-1340 Ma tectonic evolution of the south Laurentian margin (2022)
Authors: Daniel, C.G., Aronoff, R.F., Indares, A., and Jones, J.V. III
Plain language summary: We provide an overview of what we understand about North America in the Mesoproterozoic and what questions will be fruitful for future research.
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Effects of melt loss and melt retention on differentiation of anatectic pelites: A case study of the Wet Mountains, Colorado (2019)
Authors: Hernandez-Montenegro, J.D., Andronicos, C.L., Zuluaga, C., and Aronoff, R.F.
Plain language summary: Rock samples collected from the same outcrop display different metamorphic histories.
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Redefining the metamorphic history of the oldest rocks in the southern Rocky Mountains (2016)
Authors: Aronoff, R.F., Andronicos, C.L., Vervoort, J.D., and Hunter, R.A
Plain language summary: Much of the metamorphism and deformation in northern New Mexico occurred in the Mesoproterozoic. Some of this tectonic activity was previously classified to the Paleoproterozoic, an older geologic era.
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Ruth Aronoff 