Forearc-basin sedimentary response to rapid Late Cretaceous batholith emplacement in the Peninsular Ranges of southern and Baja California
Date
2001
Authors
Kimbrough, David L
Smith, D
Mahoney, J Brian
Moore, Tim
Grove, Marty
Gastil, R Gordon
Ortega-Riveira, A
Fanning, Christopher
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Geological Society of America Inc
Abstract
The eastern Peninsular Ranges batholith is dominated by voluminous La Posta-type tonalite-granodiorite intrusions that compose half of the magmatic arc at present erosion level. Zircon U-Pb and hornblende 40Ar/39Ar results from these intrusions indicate t
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Keywords: Batholiths; Magmatic arc; Erosion; Surface topography; Volcanoes; Sediments; batholith; Cretaceous; emplacement; forearc basin; igneous intrusion; sedimentation; Mexico Batholith; Forearc basin; Geochronology; Peninsular ranges
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Geology
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