Alkaline and peraluminous intrusives in the Clarno Formation around Mitchell, Oregon : ramifications on magma genesis and subduction tectonics

• Main Author: Appel, Michael
• Other Authors: Taylor, Edward M., Geosciences, Oregon State University. Graduate School
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Intrusions (Geology) > Oregon > Mitchell; Subduction zones > Oregon > Mitchell; Magmatism > Oregon > Clarno Formation; Intrusions (Geology) > Oregon > Clarno Formation; Subduction zones > Oregon > Clarno Formation; Clarno Formation (Or.); Mitchell (Or.); Magmatism > Oregon > Mitchell; St. Helena; Yukon; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/02870z62q

The Clarno Formation is a series of volcanic, volcaniclastic, and related intrusive rocks located in central Oregon. It is the westernmost extent of a broader Eocene magmatic belt that covers much the western United States. The magmatic belt stretches eastward from Oregon to western South Dakota, an...