Magmatically folded and faulted schlieren zones formed by magma avalanching in the Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite, Sierra Nevada, California

H. Alasino, Pablo; Ardill, Katie; Stanback, Jonathan; R. Paterson, Scott; Galindo, Carmen; B. Leopold, Monika

doi:10.1130/ges02070.1

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Magmatically folded and faulted schlieren zones formed by magma avalanching in the Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite, Sierra Nevada, California

Published in Geosphere • Aug 14, 2019

Authors:

Pablo H. Alasino

Katie Ardill

Jonathan Stanback

Abstract

Abstract The southwestern margin of the Late Cretaceous Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite, northern Sierra Nevada, California (USA), preserves a densely populated zone of magmatic structures that record dynamic magmatic layer formation and deformation (faulting and folding) within a solidifying upper-crus...

Subject

Geology

Geochemistry

Magma chamber

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