Late orogenic mafic magmatism in the North Cascades, Washington: Petrology and tectonic setting of the Skymo layered intrusion

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 531-542

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Tepper, Jeffrey H ^b   Hirschmann, Marc M ^a   Hurlow, Hugh A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabbro; Layered mafic intrusion; North Cascades; Orogenic collapse; Skymo Complex

Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMAS; CRYSTALLINE CORES; FAULT ZONES; GABBRO; LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION; MAFIC INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; NORTH CASCADES; OROGENIC COLLAPSE; PARALLEL STRUCTURES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SKYMO COMPLEX; TECTONIC SETTINGS; WASHINGTON;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; METALLIC GLASS; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PETROGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ALKALINE ROCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; FAULT ZONE; GABBRO; GRANITE; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749144795     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26096.1     Document Type: Article

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