Chemical variability and the composite nature of dikes from the jurassic independence dike swarm, eastern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 455-480

  Glazner, Allen F ^a   Carl, Brian S ^b   Coleman, Drew S ^a   Miller, Jonathan S ^c   Bartley, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Brunei Shell Petroleum   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dike; Geochemistry; Igneous petrology; Mojave Desert

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MIXING; SILICA;

CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; MYLONITIC SHEAR ZONE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROMINENT FEATURES;

LEVEES;

BASALT; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MAFIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; RHYOLITE; VERTICAL MIXING;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249094738     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2438(16)     Document Type: Article

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