Abstract
The Wooley Creek batholith and Slinkard pluton are part of a vertically extensive plutonic system exposed by tilting and erosion. In general, the system is upwardly zoned from pyroxene gabbro to biotite + hornblende granite. Compositional variations among the mineral phases, the effects of slow cooling on mineral compositions, relationships of roof-zone dyke rocks to their depth of origin, and the use of mineral equilibria to estimate the intensive variables of crystallization are discussed. -J.A.Z.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 879-901 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | American Mineralogist |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 9-10 |
| State | Published - 1987 |