Characteristics of internal contacts in the Tuolumne Batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for episodic emplacement and physical processes in a continental arc magma chamber

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1242-1255

  Žák, Jiří ^a,b   Paterson, Scott R ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batholith; Emplacement; Intrusive contacts; Pluton; Sierra Nevada; Tuolumne Batholith

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; INTERNAL CONTACTS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; PLUTON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644450682     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25558.1     Document Type: Article

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