Petrogenesis of the 1·43 Ga Sherman batholith, SE Wyoming, USA: A reduced, rapakivi-type anorogenic granite

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1771-1802

  Frost, C D ^a   Frost, B R ^a   Chamberlain, K R ^a   Edwards, B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A type; Anorogenic; Granite; Proterozoic; Rapakivi

Indexed keywords

A TYPE ROCK; GRANITE; PETROGENESIS; RAPAKIVI;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0033369068     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.12.1771     Document Type: Article

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