The Geysers - Cobb Mountain Magma System, California (Part 1): U-Pb zircon ages of volcanic rocks, conditions of zircon crystallization and magma residence times

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3423-3442

  Schmitt, Axel K ^a   Grove, Marty ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a,b   Lovera, Oscar ^a   Hulen, Jeffrey ^c   Walters, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; RESIDENCE TIME; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; COBB MOUNTAIN; THE GEYSERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142156500     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00140-6     Document Type: Article

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