Time scales of metamorphism, deformation, and crustal melting in a continental arc, north cascades USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1308-1330

  Gordon, Stacia M ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^b   Whitney, Donna L ^c   Miller, Robert B ^d   McLean, Noah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE GNEISS; BRITTLE PROCESS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EARTH'S SURFACE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; LEUCOSOMES; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MIGMATITE; NORTH CASCADES; PARTIAL MELTING; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-SCALES;

DEFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING; MICA; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL ARC; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIGMATITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954016889     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30060.1     Document Type: Article

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