Magmatic growth and batholithic root development in the northern Sierra Nevada, California

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 592-606

  Cecil, M R ^a   Rotberg, G L ^b   Ducea, M N ^b   Saleeby, J B ^a   Gehrels, G E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862568033     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00729.1     Document Type: Article

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