| Abstract: | Plutonic rocks of Jurassic age exposed on the Pacific side of this batholith form a compositionally continuous calc-alkaline suite that ranges from hornblende gabbro to quartz monzonite. Tonalite and quartz diorite are the dominant rock types. Trend-surface analysis of 102 samples indicates that the direction of slope of the trend is approximately normal to the Jurassic magmatic arc. K2O and SiO2 increase towards the E-SE and the other oxides towards the W-NW. If the chemical trends reflect the approximate geometry of a palaeo-subduction zone, the polarity of the Jurassic magmatic arc is to the NW, i.e. subduction was directed towards the SE. Thus the palaeo-subduction zone is on the opposite side of the arc from the position that has generally been assumed, indicating that the Jurassic plutonic rocks were not generated in response to classical Andean-type convergent plate margins. The magmatic arc may have been formed in an intra-ocean environment and subsequently has been rafted northwards and accreted to this part of the N Pacific rim during the late Mesozoic. Middle and Upper Jurassic clastics underlying Cook Inlet to the SE and derived from the magmatic arc are classified as back-arc deposits, rather than as an arc-trench gap sequence.-L.C.H. |
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| Citation Author: | Reed, B. I.; Miesch, A. T.; Lanphere, M. A. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Plutonic rocks of Jurassic age in the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith: chemical variation and polarity.; 1983; Article; Journal; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Reed, B. I.; Miesch, A. T.; Lanphere, M. A. |
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| Citation Volume: | 94 |
| Citation Year: | 1983 |
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| Text: | Plutonic rocks of Jurassic age in the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith: chemical variation and polarity.; 1983; Article; Journal; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Reed, B. I.; Miesch, A. T.; Lanphere, M. A. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1983 00:00 -0600 |
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