The petrogenesis of the Colorado Plateau laccoliths and their relationship to regional magmatism

US Geological Survey Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 2158, 1998, Pages 85-100

  Nelson, Stephen T ^a   Davidson, Jon P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACCOLITH; PETROGENESIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032409582     PISSN: 00831093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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