Proterozoic granites of the Llano Uplift, Texas: A collision-related suite containing rapakivi and topaz granites

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 253-264

  Barker, Daniel S ^a   Reed, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL TEXAS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CURRENT LEVELS; ISOTOPIC DATA; PLUTONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TOPAZ; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

GRANITE;

A-TYPE ROCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAURENTIA; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

LLANO UPLIFT; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950222808     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26451.1     Document Type: Article

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