Granites, dynamic magma chamber processes and pluton construction: The Aztec Wash pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada, USA

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 277-295

  Harper, Brian E ^a,b   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Koteas, G Christopher ^a   Cates, Nicole L ^a,c   Wiebe, Robert A ^d   Lazzareschi, Daniel S ^e   Cribb, J Warner ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Design International Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulate; Deposition; Mingling; Open system; Transport

Indexed keywords

PLUTONISM;

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

EID: 15444379698     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300001073     Document Type: Article

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