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

Geology of the Bear Mountain intrusive complex, Klamath Mountains, California
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Published:January 01, 2006
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Jonathan C. Bushey, Arthur W. Snoke, Calvin G. Barnes, Carol D. Frost, 2006. "Geology of the Bear Mountain intrusive complex, 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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The Bear Mountain intrusive complex, Klamath Mountains, California, is a multiphase, ultramafic to silicic plutonic suite emplaced into the Rattlesnake Creek terrane during the Late Jurassic (ca. 151–147 Ma). The intrusive complex includes five plutonic units: (1) elongated, flanking bodies of ultramafic to gabbroic rocks (Blue Ridge, Clear Creek, and Cedar Creek intrusions); (2) biotite + two-pyroxene diorite/monzodiorite of the Buck Lake plutonic unit; (3) biotite-bearing hornblende ± pyroxene gabbro/diorite of the Punchbowl plutonic unit; (4) biotite + hornblende ± pyroxene (± quartz) diorite of the Doe Flat plutonic unit; and (5) minor biotite ± hornblende quartz diorite to tonalite/granodiorite...
- amphibolites
- anatexis
- aureoles
- buoyancy
- California
- chemical composition
- chemical fractionation
- contact metamorphism
- crystallization
- deformation
- differentiation
- dikes
- diorites
- emplacement
- foliation
- genesis
- geologic barometry
- gneisses
- granodiorites
- igneous rocks
- intrusions
- isostasy
- Jurassic
- Klamath Mountains
- lineation
- magmas
- major elements
- Mesozoic
- metals
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- mineral assemblages
- mineral composition
- models
- monzodiorite
- P-T conditions
- plutonic rocks
- plutons
- quartz diorites
- rare earths
- Rattlesnake Creek Terrane
- recrystallization
- siliceous composition
- structural analysis
- temperature
- thermal metamorphism
- tonalite
- trace elements
- ultramafic composition
- ultramafics
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- Bear Mountain Complex