Mechanical instabilities and physical accumulation of K-feldspar megacrysts in Granitic Magma, Tuolumne Batholith, California, USA

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 18, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Paterson, Scott R ^a   Vernon, R H ^a,b   Zak, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crystal accumulation; Crystal concentrations; Granite; K feldspar megacsts; Ladder dykes; Mechanical instabilities in magma; Troughs; Tubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447504291     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2005.00114     Document Type: Article

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