Structure and Petrology of the La Perouse Gabbro Intrusion, Fairweather Range, Southeastern Alaska

The middle Tertiary La Perouse gabbro intrusion occurs in a Mesozoic metamorphic terrane (Chugach terrane) in the Fairweather Range, southeastern Alaska. The intrusion is 12 km wide and 27 km long, and has an exposed cumulate layering thickness of about 6000 m. The contact consists of biotite and ho...

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Published in:Journal of Petrology
Main Authors: LONEY, ROBERT A., HIMMELBERG, GLEN R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1983
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Online Access:http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/24/4/377
https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/24.4.377