A Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic study of mantle domains and crustal structure from Miocene volcanic rocks in the Mojave Desert, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1264-1279

  Miller, J S ^a   Glazner, A F ^a   Farmer, G L ^a   Suayah, I B ^a   Kieth, L A ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension tectonics; Isotopes; Magma contamination; Miocene; Mojave Desert; Precambrian; Rand Schist

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MIOCENE; MOJAVE DESERT; PRECAMBRIAN; RAND SCHIST; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879884466     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1264:ASNAPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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