ZIRCON FROM SWIFT CREEK STAGE ERUPTIONS RECORDS THE ASSEMBLY AND EVOLUTION OF AN INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC COMPLEX BENEATH MOUNT ST. HELENS

This study employs combined U-Th radiometric age and trace element analyses of zircon from rocks of the Swift Creek stage (16 to 10 ka) of Mount St. Helens in order to obtain time-temperature-composition records of the melts from which these crystals grew. Results illustrate that the Mount St. Helen...

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Main Author: Flanagan, Daniel Michael
Other Authors: Prof. Calvin F. Miller
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12012009-133926/