Petrogenesis of mesozoic, peraluminous granites in the Lamoille canyon area, Ruby mountains, Nevada, USA

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-732

  Lee, Sang Yun ^a   Barnes, Calvin G ^a   Snoke, Arthur W ^b   Howard, Keith A ^c   Frost, Carol D ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal melting; Late Cretaceous; Leucogranite; Peraluminous; Sevier orogeny

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GRANITE; MELTING; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; MICA; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS;

NEVADA; RUBY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037657745     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.4.713     Document Type: Article

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