Voluminous stoping in the Mitchell Peak Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada batholith, California, USA

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-106

  Pignotta, Geoffrey S ^a   Paterson, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Contamination; Magmatic stoping; Pluton emplacement; Sierra Nevada batholith

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGMATIC STOPING; MICROGRANITOID GRANODIORITE; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT;

MINERALOGY;

EMPLACEMENT; FELDSPAR; GRANODIORITE; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; STOPING;

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

EID: 34248379465     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.1.87     Document Type: Article

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