Secular variations in magmatism during a continental arc to post-arc transition: Plio-Pleistocene volcanism in the Lake Tahoe/Truckee area, Northern Sierra Nevada, California

Lithos

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 225-242

  Cousens, Brian L ^a   Henry, Christopher D ^b   Harvey, Bradley J ^a,d   Brownrigg, Tim ^a,e   Prytulak, Julie ^a,f   Allan, James F ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e Fugro Airborne Surveys Canada   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Lithospheric mantle; Mantle upwelling; Post arc volcanism; Sierra Nevada; Slab window

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL ARC; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SECULAR VARIATION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

BIG PINE VOLCANIC FIELD; CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; GREAT BASIN; LAKE TAHOE; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952533975     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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