Growth of plutons by incremental emplacement of sheets in crystal-rich host: Evidence from Miocene intrusions of the Colorado River region, Nevada, USA

Tectonophysics

Volumn 500, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Miller, Calvin F ^a   Furbish, David J ^a   Walker, Barry A ^a,c   Claiborne, Lily L ^a   Koteas, G Christopher ^a,d   Bleick, Heather A ^a,e   Miller, Jonathan S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal mush; Granite; Magma chamber; Pluton emplacement; Rigid sponge; Sill

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER; CRYSTAL FRACTION; INCREMENTAL EMPLACEMENT; INTERNAL CONTACTS; LATE STAGE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MELT CHEMISTRY; MELT FRACTION; MIOCENE; MULTIPLE INJECTIONS; NEVADA , USA; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; PLUTONS; RIGID MATERIAL; RIGID SPONGE; SILL; SINGLE SAMPLE; THERMAL LIFETIME; TIME-SCALES; XENOCRYSTS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CRYSTALS; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON; ZONING;

GRANITE;

BATHOLITH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIOCENE; MONZONITE; PLUTON; SILL; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79952042202     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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