Laccolith-like emplacement model for the Papoose Flat pluton based on porphyroblast-matrix analysis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-110

  Morgan, Sven S ^a   Law, Richard D ^a   Nyman, Matthew W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHANGE IN THICKNESS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INCLUSION TRAILS; MATRIX ANALYSIS; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; STRAIN MARKERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS;

ROCKS;

AUREOLE; EMPLACEMENT; KINEMATICS; LACCOLITH; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PLUTON; PORPHYROBLAST; EMPLACEMENT MODEL; METASEDIMENTARY AUREOLE; PORPHYROBLAST-MATRIX ANALYSIS; STRAIN MARKER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; PAPOOSE FLAT; USA;

EID: 0031811269     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0096:LLEMFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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