Metamorphism and fluid flow in the contact aureole of the Eureka Valley-Joshua Flat-Beer Creek pluton, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 228-239

  Nabelek, Peter I ^a   Morgan, Sven S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CALCITE MARBLE; CALIFORNIA; CAMBRIANS; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; GROSSULAR; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; JURASSIC; K-FELDSPAR; MAGMATISMS; MESOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PERVASIVE FLUIDS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SLOW COOLING; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; SUBSOLIDUS; WESTERN SIDE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MARBLE; MELTING; MICA; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PETROGRAPHY; SILICATES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AUREOLE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; SCHIST;

CALIFORNIA; INYO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA-NEVADA];

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 84859334897     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30425.1     Document Type: Article

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