Formation of the Sierra Nevada Batholith: Magmatic and Tectonic Processes and Their Tempos
This comprehensive field guide takes you on a six-day, west-to-east geologic journey across the Mesozoic magmatic arc of the central Sierra Nevada in California. It contains a summary of field, structural, geochemical, and geochronologic data collected by a number of researchers on individual intrusions (Guadalupe Igneous Complex and nearby Hornitos pluton, Fine Gold Intrusive Suite, Yosemite Valley Intrusive Suite, Tuolumne Intrusive Complex). This guide also includes data on the basement terranes intruded by these intrusions, Mesozoic volcanic-sedimentary sections, and data derived of several Sierra Nevada-wide data sets (plutonic, volcanic and sedimentary geochronology, strain analyses, structures, and geochemistry). Syntheses of these data sets at the end of the guide focus on magmatic processes from the mineral to the arc scale, as well as contemporaneous tectonics, and the tempos controlling magmatism, deformation, exhumation, and erosion/redeposition in the Sierran arc.
Day 6: Overview of arc processes and tempos
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Published:January 01, 2014
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Scott R. Paterson, Vali Memeti, Lawford Anderson, Wenrong Cao, Jade Star Lackey, Keith D. Putirka, Robert B. Miller, Jonathan S. Miller, Roland Mundil, 2014. "Day 6: Overview of arc processes and tempos", Formation of the Sierra Nevada Batholith: Magmatic and Tectonic Processes and Their Tempos, Vali Memeti, Scott R. Paterson, Keith D. Putirka
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Abstract
Our goals today are several-fold. We have now spent five days examining different parts of the Mesozoic Sierran arc, and hopefully discussions are already under way attempting to integrate both the shared and distinct characteristics of these individual magma plumbing systems and synchronous tectonics. We will briefly continue these discussions below. Our main focus will be to consider the arc as a whole and introduce a number of new regional data sets related to the tectonic and magmatic components of this arc. By the end of the day, we hope that our discussions have evolved to a consideration of the overall petrologic evolution of the arc, the tectonic and magmatic arc tempos, and their potential links. Without an airplane, or satellite, or Hollywood earth coring machine, it is difficult to take you to field locations where we can observe large sections of the arc. Instead, as we travel west back across the arc, we have selected a number of scenic overview stops, where we will introduce and discuss these new data sets while looking at gorgeous views of the arc…
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