Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Mantle origin of Cordilleran granites

Nature volume 265, pages 21–24 (1977)Cite this article

Abstract

‘Granite’ batholiths of recent destructive margins have strontium isotopes inconsistent with crustal fusion. Associated enormous crustal thicknesses are produced without compressive shortening. These features necessitate accretion by vertical addition of predominantly mantle-derived calcalkaline intrusive and extrusive magmas.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Tuttle, O. F., and Bowen, N. L., Geol. Soc. Am. Mem., 74 (1958).

  2. Brown, G. C., and Fyfe, W. S., Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 28, 310 (1970).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Robertson, J. K., and Wyllie, P. J., Am. J. Sci., 271, 252 (1971).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Brown, G. C., and Fyfe, W. S., Proc. Twenty-fourth Int. Geol. Congr., Section 2, 27 (Montreal, 1972).

  5. Cobbing, E. J., and Pitcher, W. S., J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 128, 421 (1972).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Bateman, P. C., and Dodge, F. C. W., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 81, 409 (1970).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Hietanen, A., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 84, 2111 (1973).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Pitcher, W. S., Pacific Geol., 8, 51 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Taylor, W. P., J. Petrol., 17, 194 (1976).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Evernden, J. F., and Kistler, R. W., U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 623 (1970).

  11. Reed, B. L., and Lanphere, M. A., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 84, 2583 (1973).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Brown, G. C., Nature phys. Sci., 241, 26 (1973).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Matsumoto, T., Pacific Geol., 1, 77 (1968).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Dickinson, W. R., Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 8, 813 (1970).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Ringwood, A. E., J. geol. Soc. Lond., 130, 183 (1974).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Hurley, P. M., Bateman, P. C., Fairbairn, H. W., and Pinson, W. H., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 76, 165 (1965).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Kistler, R. W., Evernden, J. F., and Shaw, H. R., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 82, 853 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. Menzer, F. J., and Jones, J. A., Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr., 7, 148 (1969).

    Google Scholar 

  19. Stewart, J. W., Evernden, J. F., and Snelling, N. J., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 85, 1107 (1974).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. James, D. E., and Brooks, E., Int. Union Geodesy Geophysics, C. r., 18, 273 (1973).

    Google Scholar 

  21. McNutt, R. H., Crocket, J. H., Clark, A. H., Caelles, J. C., Farrar, E., Haynes, S. J., and Zentilli, M., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 27, 305 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Hart, S. R., Erlank, A. J., and Kable, E. J. D., Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 44, 219 (1974).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Faure, G., and Powell, J. L., Strontium Isotope Geology (Springer, Berlin, 1972).

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  24. Taylor, H. P., and Forrester, R. W., J. Petrol., 12, 465 (1971).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Taylor, H. P., in Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits (edit. by Barnes, H. L.), 109 (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967).

    Google Scholar 

  26. Hurley, P. M., Geochim. cosmochim. Acta, 32, 273 (1968).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Heier, K. S., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A 273, 429 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. Taylor, S. R., Oreg. Dept. Geol. Miner. Ind. Bull. (Andesite Conference), 65, 43 (1969).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Lambert, I. B., and Heier, K. S., Chem. Geol., 3, 233 (1968).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Hart, S. R., and Brooks, C., Geochim. cosmochim. Acta, 38, 1799 (1974).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. Fyfe, W. S., and Brown, G. C., J. Earth Sci. Leeds, 8, 249 (1972).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Fyfe, W. S., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A 280, 655 (1976).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  33. Piper, J. D. A., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A 280, 469 (1976).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  34. Moorbath, S., Nature, 254, 395 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. O'Connor, P. J., Sci. Proc. R. Soc. Dublin, A 5, 407 (1975).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. O'Connor, P. J., Bull. Geol. Surv. Ireland, 2, 69 (1976).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Pankhurst, R. J., and Pidgeon, R. T., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 31, 55 (1976).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. Moorbath, S., Nature, 255, 391 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. Armstrong, R. L., Rev. Geophys., 6, 175 (1968).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. Hayes, D. E., Marine Geol., 4, 309 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  41. James, D. E., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 82, 3325 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  42. Oppenheim, V., Am. J. Sci., 245, 158 (1947).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  43. Bird, P., Toksöz, M. N., and Sleep, N. H., J. geophys. Res., 80, 4405 (1975).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  44. Myers, J. S., Nature, 254, 672 (1975).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  45. Hamilton, W., and Myers, W. B., U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 554-C (1967).

  46. Bateman, P. C., and Eaton, J. P., Science, 158, 1407 (1967).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. Pichler, H., and Zeil, W., Bull. Volcanol., 35, 424 (1972).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  48. Gibbs, R. J., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 78, 1203 (1967).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. Windley, B. F., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A 273, 321 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  50. Anderson, R. N., Uyeda, S., and Miyashiro, A., Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 44, 333 (1976).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  51. Stern, C. R., and Wyllie, P. J., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 18, 163 (1973).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. Spooner, E. T. C., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 31, 167 (1976).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  53. Gill, J. B., Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 43, 29 (1974).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  54. Noble, D. C., Bowman, H. R., Hebert, A. J., Silberman, M. L., Heropoulos, C. E., Fabbi, B. P., and Hedge, C. E., Geology, 3, 501 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  55. Thorpe, R. S., Potts, P. J., and Francis, P. W., Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 54, 65 (1976).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  56. Best, M. G., Geology, 3, 429 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  57. Fyfe, W. S., and McBirney, A. R., Am. J. Sci., 275 A, 285 (1975).

    Google Scholar 

  58. Myers, J. S., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 86, 1209 (1975).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  59. Cann, J. R., Geol. Mag., 107, 335 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geophysics Department, Liverpool University, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    G. C. Brown

Authors
  1. G. C. Brown
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Brown, G. Mantle origin of Cordilleran granites. Nature 265, 21–24 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265021a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/265021a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing