Contamination of silicic magmas and fractal fragmentation of xenoliths in Paleocene plutons on Kodiak Island, Alaska

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-129

  Farris, David W ^a   Paterson, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Assimilation; Fractal analysis; Fragmentation; Host rocks; Kodiak Island; Paleocene plutons; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

ASSIMILATION; BATHOLITH; FRAGMENTATION; PLUTONS; XENOLITHS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DISEQUILIBRIUM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; HOST ROCK; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; METAMORPHISM; PALEOCENE; PLUTON; XENOLITH;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248340095     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.1.107     Document Type: Article

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