Constraints on the bulk composition and root foundering rates of continental arcs: A California arc perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Ducea, Mihai N ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc; Bulk composition; Root foundering; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL ARC; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIOCENE; PETROLOGY; PYROXENITE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17544401215     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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