Construction, solidification and internal differentiation of a large felsic arc pluton: Cathedral Peak granodiorite, Sierra Nevada Batholith

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 304, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-233

  Burgess, S D ^a   Miller, J S ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; DIFFERENTIATION; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; SOLIDIFICATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149087434     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP304.11     Document Type: Article

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