Grenville magmatism in west Texas: Petrology and geochemistry of the red bluff granitic suite

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1279-1305

  Shannon, William M ^a,c   Barnes, Calvin G ^a   Bickford, M E ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline granite; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Grenville; Texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000190346     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.10.1279     Document Type: Article

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