Making space for batholiths by extrusion of sub-batholithic crust

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 959-967

  Glazner, Allen F ^a   Bartley, John M ^b   Hamilton, Warren B ^c   Carl, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; EXTRUSION; FLOW; ISOSTASY; KINEMATICS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346670109     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.11.959     Document Type: Article

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