Sheeted intrusion of the synkinematic McDoogle pluton, Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1570-1582

  Mahan, Kevin H ^a   Bartley, John M ^a   Coleman, Drew S ^b   Glazner, Allen F ^b   Carl, Brian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Plutons; Shear zones; Sheeted dikes; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

PLUTONS;

DEFORMATION; FABRICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; PLUTON; PLUTONISM;

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

EID: 1642498159     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B22083.1     Document Type: Article

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