Geology and geochronology of granitic batholithic complex, Sinaloa, México: Implications for Cordilleran magmatism and tectonics

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 374, Issue , 2003, Pages 237-273

  Henry, Christopher D ^a   McDowell, Fred W ^b   Silver, Leon T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batholith; Cordillera; Geochronology; M xico; Sinaloa; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOTITE; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; BATHOLITH; CORDILLERA; RECRYSTALLIZATION TEXTURE; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; SINALOA; SYNTECTONIC INTRUSIONS; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BATHOLITH; BIOTITE; COOLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HORNBLENDE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CABO SAN LUCAS; COAST RANGES; GUERRERO TERRANE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PENINSULAR RANGES; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL; SIERRA MADRE [MEXICO]; SINALOA; SONORA;

EID: 84870949086     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.237     Document Type: Article

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