Four magmatic fabrics in the Tuolumne batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for interpreting fabric patterns in plutons and evolution of magma chambers in the upper crust

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 184-201

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

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batholith; Magma chamber; Magmatic arc; Magmatic fabric; Pluton; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATIC ARC; MAGMATIC FABRIC; PLUTON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PETROLOGY;

BATHOLITH; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; UPPER CRUST;

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

EID: 33846544875     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25773.1     Document Type: Article

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