The California arc: Thick granitic batholiths, eclogitic residues, lithospheric-scale thrusting, and magmatic flare-ups

GSA Today

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4-10

  Ducea, Mihai ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CENOZOIC; ECLOGITE; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035719390     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2001)011<0004:TCATGB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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