Zircon growth and recycling during the assembly of large, composite arc plutons

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 282-299

  Miller, Jonathan S ^a   Matzel, Jennifer E P ^b   Miller, Calvin F ^c   Burgess, Seth D ^a   Miller, Robert B ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arc; crystal mush; geochronology; magma chamber; Mt. Stuart; pluton; Tuolumne; U Pb geochronology; zircon; zircon saturation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CRYSTAL MUSH; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; SOLIDIFICATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TUOLUMNE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548967209     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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