Pb-Sr-Nd-O isotopic characterization of Mesozoic rocks throughout the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges batholith: Isotopic evidence for the magmatic evolution of oceanic arc-continental margin accretion during the Late Cretaceous of southern California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-316

  Kistler, Ronald W ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Premo, Wayne R ^c   Morton, Douglas M ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUMBING; ROCKS; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MID-OCEAN-RIDGE BASALTS; PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ISOTOPES;

ACCRETION; BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; PENINSULAR RANGES; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900547906     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.1211(07)     Document Type: Article

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