Origin of megacrysts in granitoids by textural coarsening: A crystal size distribution (CSD) study of microcline in the Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 168, Issue , 2000, Pages 207-219

  Higgins, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MEGACRYST; MICROCLINE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034038396     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.168.01.14     Document Type: Article

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