Geochemical and geochronologic constraints for genesis of a tonalitetrondhjemite suite and associated mafic intrusive rocks in the eastern Chugach Mountains, Alaska: A record of ridge-transform subduction

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-326

  Sisson, Virginia B ^a   Poole, Anne R ^a,e   Harris, Nancy R ^a,f   Cooper Burner, Holly ^b   Pavlis, Terry L ^b   Copeland, Peter ^c   Donelick, Raymond A ^a   McLelland, William C ^d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dacite; Gabbro; Gabbronorite; Granite; Granodiorite; Mid ocean ridge basalt; Pyroxenite; Tonalite; Trondhjemite

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ALLOYS; BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

DACITE; GABBRO; GABBRONORITES; GRANODIORITE; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; PYROXENITE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAFIC ROCK; METABASALT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TONALITE;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES;

EID: 84870941472     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.293     Document Type: Article

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