Late Cretaceous cooling of the east-central Peninsular Ranges batholith (33°N): Relationship to la Posta pluton emplacement, Laramide shallow subduction, and forearc sedimentation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 374, Issue , 2003, Pages 355-379

  Grove, Marty ^a   Lovera, Oscar ^a   Harrison, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denudation; La Posta plutons; Laramide; Peninsular Ranges; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; COOLING SYSTEMS; FELDSPAR; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MICA; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REFRIGERATION;

DENUDATION; LARAMIDE; PENINSULAR RANGES; PLUTONS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EROSION;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BATHOLITH; BIOTITE; COOLING; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; DENUDATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOREARC BASIN; LARAMIDE OROGENY; LOWER CRUST; PLUTON; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 84861874724     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.355     Document Type: Article

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