Ireteba pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada: Late, deep-source, peraluminous magmatism in the Cordilleran interior

Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 649-669

  D'Andrea Kapp, Jessica ^a   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Miller, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; NEODYMIUM; PLUTONIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCONIUM;

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; TRACE ELEMENT;

BASALT; MAGMATISM; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036991540     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342864     Document Type: Article

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