Impinging ring dike complexes in the Sierra Nevada batholith, California: Roots of the Early Cretaceous volcanic arc

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-496

  Clemens Knott, Diane ^a,b   Saleeby, Jason B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; FENCES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; SILICATE MINERALS; TEXTURES; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

DIKE EMPLACEMENTS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; MAGMA MINGLING; ORTHOPYROXENE; SHALLOW CRUST; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; SYNMAGMATIC DEFORMATIONS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; ISLAND ARC; RING COMPLEX;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032782210     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0484:IRDCIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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