Petrotectonic evolution and melt modeling of the Peñon Blanco arc, central Sierra Nevada foothills, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1014-1024

  Snow, Cameron A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cordilleran margin; Geochemistry; Jurassic; Tectonics; Volcanic arcs

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENT; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENT; HIGH LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENT; PETROTECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34547114755     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25972.1     Document Type: Article

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