Pliocene potassic magmas from the Kings River region, Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence for melting of a subduction-modified mantle

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1301-1320

  Feldstein, Sharon N ^a   Lange, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Absarokite; Metasomatism; Minette; Phlogopite; Potassic magmas

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; METASOMATISM; PLIOCENE; POTASSIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032716499     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.8.1301     Document Type: Article

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