Geometry of the trachyte mesa intrusion, henry mountains, Utah: Implications for the emplacement of small melt volumes into the upper crust

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Wetmore, Paul H ^a   Connor, Charles B ^a   Kruse, Sarah E ^a   Callihan, Sean ^a   Pignotta, Geoffrey ^b   Stremtan, Ciprian ^a   Burke, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Henry mountains; Laccolith; Trachyte mesa

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249098083     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002469     Document Type: Article

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