Petrology, geochemistry, and genesis of high-Al tonalite and trondhjemites of the Cornucopia stock, Blue Mountains, northeastern Oregon

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1585-1611

  Johnson, Kenneth ^a   Barnes, Calvin G ^a   Miller, Christopher A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains; Crustal melting; Magma; Tonalitte; Trondhjemite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000135533     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.11.1585     Document Type: Article

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