Zoning patterns and petrologic processes in peraluminous magma chambers: Hall Canyon pluton, Panamint Mountains, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-453

  Mahood, Gail A ^a   Nibler, George E ^a,c   Halliday, Alex N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; FELDSPAR; GASOLINE; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; MELTING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ZONING; MINERALS;

BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; EFFECTIVE HEIGHT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RESIDUAL LIQUID; ZONE BOUNDARIES; CALIFORNIA; MAGMA BODIES; MAGMA CHAMBER; MELT PRODUCTION; PERALUMINOUS; SUPPLY RATE;

MICA; ZONING;

APLITE; BASALT; BIOTITE; CRYSTALLINITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE CONVECTION; MUSCOVITE; PEGMATITE; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; QUARTZ VEIN; ZONING POLICY; CONVECTION; PERALUMINOUS ROCK; PETROGENESIS; ZONATION;

CALIFORNIA; HALL CANYON; PANAMINT VALLEY; UNITED STATES; HALL CANYON PLUTON; PANAMINT MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0029731352     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0437:ZPAPPI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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