The Mammoth Peak sheeted complex, Tuolumne batholith, Sierra Nevada, California: a record of initial growth or late thermal contraction in a magma chamber?

Abstract

The paper describes structural and geochemical data and results of numerical modeling of cooling of a sheeted zone and discusses its implications for interpreting processes in magma chambers

Keywords

• Emplacement
• Granite
• Incremental growth
• Magma chamber
• Pluton
• Thermal–mechanical modeling