Santiago Peak volcanics: Early Cretaceous arc volcanism of the western Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 345-363

  Herzig, Charles T ^a   Kimbrough, David L ^b  

^a El Camino College   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL MATERIALS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; PYROCLASTIC ROCKS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UPPER CRETACEOUS; WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRIES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ANDESITE; BASALT; BATHOLITH; CLAST; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM; PLUTON; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM; TUFF; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; DENMARK; HELSINGOR; HOVEDSTADEN; PENINSULAR RANGES; SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900530797     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.1211(09)     Document Type: Article

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