Fine Gold Intrusive Suite Explained
The Fine Gold Intrusive Suite is one of several intrusive suites that crosses into Yosemite National Park. These also include
- Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
- Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
- Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak
- Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass
- Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley
- Tuolumne Intrusive Suite
The Fine Gold Intrusive Suite is an intrusive suite which is massive (more than 3100 square kilometers) and long-lived (ca. 19 million years).[1]
Where is intrudes
The Fine Gold Intrusive Suite intrudes both accreted oceanic terranes, and/or island-arc terranes, and, also continental crust.[2]
External links and references
Notes and References
- Abstract . January 2014 . GeoScienceWorld . 10.1130/2014.0034(02) . 1 January 2019 . Lackey . Jade Star . Sendek . Callie L. . Eisenberg . Jane L. .
- The fine gold intrusive suite: The roles of basement terranes and magma source development in the early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada batholith . Arizona Commerce Authority . 2012 . 1 January 2019 . Lackey, Jade Star . M. Robinson Cecil . Windham, Cameron J. . Frazer, Ryan E. . Bindeman, Ilya N. . Gehrels, George E . Geosphere . 8 . 2 . 292 . 10.1130/GES00745.1 . 10211.3/207212 . free .