The origin of granites was once a question solely for petrologists and geochemists. But in
recent years a consensus has emerged that recognizes the essential role of deformation in …

Significant volume of wet melting requires an influx of H2O-rich volatile phase. In hydrate-
breakdown melting, initial melt accumulation is diffusion-controlled and melt accumulates …

At low temperatures (< 750 C at moderate to high crustal pressures), the production of
sufficient melt to reach the melt connectivity transition (∼ 7 vol%), enabling melt drainage …

Abstract Porphyry Cu-(Mo-Au) deposits are relatively rare but reproducible products of
subduction-related magmatism. No unique processes appear to be required for their …

New U-Pb geochronologic data indicate that the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, California, was
assembled over a period of at least 10 my between 95 and 85 Ma, and that the Half Dome …

Field and geochronologic evidence indicate that large and broadly homogeneous plutons
can accumulate incrementally over millions of years. This contradicts the common …

Magma is transported and stored in the crust mostly through networks of planar structures
(intrusive sheets), ranging from vertical dykes to inclined sheets and horizontal sills, and …

Incrementally constructed magma systems have been recognized from studies of the
resulting plutons for more than three decades. However, magma addition rates, fluxes …

Deciphering the magmatic history of continental magmatic arcs, in general, and the growth
history of individual intrusions, in particular, is key to understanding the complex history of …

▪ Abstract Considerable progress has been made over the past decade in understanding the
static rheological properties of granitic magmas in the continental crust. Changes in H2O …