Geological Studies in the Klamath Mountains Province, California and Oregon: A volume in honor of William P. Irwin

Depth of origin of late Middle Jurassic garnet andesite, southern Klamath Mountains, California
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Published:January 01, 2006
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Calvin G. Barnes, Charlotte M. Allen, 2006. "Depth of origin of late Middle Jurassic garnet andesite, southern Klamath Mountains, California", Geological Studies in the Klamath Mountains Province, California and Oregon: A volume in honor of William P. Irwin, Arthur W. Snoke, Calvin G. Barnes
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A distinctive set of andesitic dikes crops out in the Klamath Mountains province south of ∼41°15′. These dikes are characterized by phenocrysts of Al-rich amphibole, Ca-rich almandine-pyrope garnet, plagioclase, and, commonly, quartz, set in a fine-grained groundmass of plagioclase, quartz, alkali feldspar, and amphibole. Conspicuous microphenocryst/accessory phases are allanite/epidote, zircon, and apatite. A variety of thermobarometric methods plus comparison with published experimental data indicates the phenocryst assemblage was stable at pressure >7 kb and at temperatures between 850 °C and the solidus. The best estimate of pressure of phenocryst equilibration is 8–9 kb and ∼800 °C, which corresponds to depths...
- absolute age
- alkaline earth metals
- andesites
- California
- contraction
- crust
- crystallization
- dates
- dikes
- emplacement
- extension tectonics
- garnet group
- genesis
- high pressure
- ICP mass spectra
- igneous rocks
- intrusions
- isotope ratios
- isotopes
- Jurassic
- Klamath Mountains
- major elements
- mass spectra
- matrix
- melts
- Mesozoic
- metals
- Middle Jurassic
- mineral assemblages
- mineral composition
- nesosilicates
- orthosilicates
- P-T conditions
- phenocrysts
- plutons
- pressure
- rare earths
- silicates
- spectra
- Sr-87/Sr-86
- stable isotopes
- strontium
- tectonics
- thickness
- trace elements
- U/Pb
- United States
- volcanic rocks
- whole rock
- zircon
- zircon group
- Ironside Mountain Batholith
- Wooley Creek
- Salmon Mountain Pluton