Construction of a pluton: Evidence from an exposed cross section of the Searchlight pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1213-1228

  Bachl, C A ^a   Miller, C F ^a   Miller, J S ^a   Faulds, J E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulates; Eldorado Mountains; Nevada; Petrogenesis; Plutons; Solidification

Indexed keywords

SEARCHLIGHT PLUTONS;

GEOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; MOUNTAIN; PLUTON; RIVER; ROCK; RURAL AREA; SILICON DIOXIDE; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

BASALT; ISOTOPES; MONAZITE; QUARTZ;

GEOLOGY;

CUMULATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; SOLIDIFICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879878971     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1213:COAPEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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