Syncontractional crustal anatexis and deformation during emplacement of ∼1435 Ma plutons, western Needle Mountains, Colorado

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-223

  Gonzales, David A ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^a,b   Siek, Greg S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; DEFORMATION; MAGMATISM; PLUTONISM; PROTEROZOIC;

USA, COLORADO, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029774201     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629815     Document Type: Article

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