Incremental growth of the Patagonian Torres del Paine laccolith over 90 k.y

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 459-462

  Michel, Jürgen ^a   Baumgartner, Lukas ^a   Putlitz, Benita ^a   Schaltegger, Urs ^b   Ovtcharova, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emplacement rates; Granite; Laccolith; Magma chambers; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMERICA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH PRECISION; INCREMENTAL GROWTH; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE DILUTION (ID); MAGMA CHAMBERS; MIOCENE; TIME FRAMES; U-PB ZIRCON; UNDERPLATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

GRANITE;

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IONIZATION; LACCOLITH; MAGMA CHAMBER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIOCENE; UPPER CRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 46149115151     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24546A.1     Document Type: Article

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