The Phillips pluton, Maine, USA: Evidence of heterogeneous crustal sources and implications for granite ascent and emplacement mechanisms in convergent orogens

Lithos

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-366

  Pressley, Rachel A ^a   Brown, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granite emplacement; Granite pluton; Maine; Nd isotopes; Petrology; Source heterogeneity; USA

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; OROGENY; PLUTON; SOURCE ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032986257     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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