The age and origin of a thick mafic-ultramafic keel from beneath the Sierra Nevada batholith

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 169-185

  Ducea, Mihai N ^a   Saleeby, Jason B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002347473     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050445     Document Type: Article

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