Chronology of pluton emplacement and regional deformation in the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 397-427

  Saleeby, J B ^a   Ducea, M N ^b   Busby, C J ^c   Nadin, E S ^a   Wetmore, P H ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Sierra Nevada batholith; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEEDLES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

COMPOSITIONAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; STRUCTURAL SETTING;

FAULTING;

AGE DETERMINATION; BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLUTON; PLUTONIC ROCK; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249085779     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2438(14)     Document Type: Article

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