Petrology of the Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite, eastern Sierra Nevada, California: Implications for the emplacement and differentiation of composite felsic intrusions

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1185-1200

  Hirt, William H ^a  

^a and Athletics   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal fractionation; Emplacement; Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite; Pluton; Sierra Nevada batholith; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; SIERRA NEVEDA BATHOLITH; THERMAL MODELING;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EROSION; FRACTIONATION; SOLIDIFICATION; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PETROLOGY;

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; PETROLOGY; PLUTON;

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

EID: 34648822893     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26054.1     Document Type: Article

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