Are plutons assembled over millions of years by amalgamation from small magma chambers?

GSA Today

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 4-11

  Glazner, Allen F ^a   Bartley, John M ^b   Coleman, Drew S ^a   Gray, Walt ^a   Taylor, Ryan Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON;

EID: 2042431259     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2004)014<0004:APAOMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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