Geochemistry of ophiolitic rocks associated with the western part of the Elk outlier of the western Klamath terrane, southwestern Oregon

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 410, Issue , 2006, Pages 153-176

  Giaramita, Mario J ^a   Harper, Gregory D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Boninites; Dike complex; Elk outlier; Geochemistry; IAT; Josephine ophiolite; MORB; Oregon; Pearse peak pluton; Serpentinite matrix m lange; Western klamath terrane

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; LEVEES; MAGNESITE; STATISTICS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES;

BONINITES; ELK OUTLIER; JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE; MORB; OREGON; PEARSE PEAK PLUTON; SERPENTINITE; WESTERN KLAMATH TERRANE;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

BONINITE; CRETACEOUS; DIKE; DISPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; OUTLIER; PETROGENESIS; SERPENTINE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

COAST RANGES; COLORADO; ELK MOUNTAINS; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949149027     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2410(08)     Document Type: Article

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