The evolution of the Peach Spring Tuff magmatic system as revealed by accessory mineral textures and compositions.
The Peach Spring Tuff (PST), a large Miocene ignimbrite located in the southwestern USA, is unique in its abundance of U, Th, and REE concentrating accessory minerals (zircon, sphene, allanite, chevkinite). Textures and compositions of these accessory minerals and magnetite were studied by a variety...
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VANDERBILT
2010
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07172010-160944/ |