From Jurassic shores to Cretaceous plutons: Geochemical evidence for paleoalteration environments of metavolcanic rocks, eastern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-343

  Sorensen, Sorena S ^a   Dunne, George C ^b   Hanson, R Brooks ^c   Barton, Mark D ^d   Becker, Jennifer ^d   Tobisch, Othmar T ^e   Fiske, Richard S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; MINERALOGY; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; METEORIC WATERS; ROCK INTERACTION; MIDDLE JURASSIC;

MINERALS;

ALKALINIZATION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METASOMATIC ROCK; METASOMATISM; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PLUTON; PLUTONISM; VEIN (GEOLOGY); GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM;

ALABAMA HILLS; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031867987     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0326:FJSTCP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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