Rethinking the emplacement and evolution of zoned plutons: Geochronologic evidence for incremental assembly of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, California

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-436

  Coleman, Drew S ^a   Gray, Walt ^a   Glazner, Allen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magma chambers; Plutons; Sierra Nevada batholith; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MAGMA CHAMBER; SHALLOW CRUSTAL DEPTH; THERMAL CONSIDERATION;

DATA ACQUISITION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLUTONISM; TIMESCALE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042546561     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20220.1     Document Type: Article

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