The Stonyford volcanic complex: A forearc seamount in the Northern California Coast Ranges

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2091-2128

  Shervais, John W ^a   Schuman Zoglman, Marchell M ^b,d   Hanan, Barry B ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; CRO; Oceanic basalts

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SEAMOUNT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844278697     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi048     Document Type: Article

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