Cretaceous arc tectonism in the Mojave block: Profound crustal modification that controlled subsequent tectonic regimes

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 131-149

  Fletcher, John M ^a   Miller, Jonathan S ^b   Martin, Mark W ^c   Boettcher, Stefan S ^d   Glazner, Allen F ^e   Bartley, John M ^f  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DETACHMENT FAULT; GRANULITE FACIES; LATE CRETACEOUS; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PARTIAL MELTING; THREE GENERATIONS;

LEAD ALLOYS;

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; FOLIATION; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTONIC ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FREMOUW PEAK; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849122176     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.131     Document Type: Article

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