Sierra Nevada batholith

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The Sierra Nevada batholith is a massive granitic rock formation underlying much of California’s Sierra Nevada range, formed by ancient magma intrusions during Mesozoic subduction along the western edge of North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf batholith ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
plutonic complex ⓘ
ageRange approximately 220 to 80 million years ago ⓘ
associatedWith Cordilleran magmatic arc ⓘ
Farallon Plate subduction ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantMinerals K-feldspar ⓘ
biotite ⓘ
hornblende ⓘ
plagioclase feldspar ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
exposedAs Sierra Nevada crest plutons ⓘ
exposedIn Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ
Sequoia National Park ⓘ
Yosemite National Park ⓘ
formedAlong western margin of North America ⓘ
formedBy magma intrusion ⓘ
subduction-related magmatism ⓘ
formedDuring Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Late Triassic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
geologicProvince Sierra Nevada ⓘ
intrudedInto Paleozoic and early Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
metamorphic country rocks ⓘ
length over 600 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
orientation north-northwest trending ⓘ
orogeny Sierra Nevada orogeny ⓘ
partOf North American Cordillera ⓘ
primaryComposition felsic intrusive igneous rocks ⓘ
relatedTo Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Idaho batholith ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges batholith ⓘ
rockType granite ⓘ
granitoid ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ
tonalite ⓘ
significance classic example of a continental arc batholith ⓘ
major component of the Sierra Nevada crust ⓘ
studiedFor Mesozoic tectonics of western North America ⓘ
arc crust formation ⓘ
magmatic differentiation processes ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental magmatic arc ⓘ
underlies Sierra Nevada mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada

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Great Western Divide → partOf → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
North Palisade → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Peninsular Ranges Batholith → relatedTo → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Kaweah River headwaters → within → Sierra Nevada batholith region ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
South Guard → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Mount Brewer massif → geologicalProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Mount Watkins → partOf → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Mother Lode gold belt → geologicalSetting → Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River watershed → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Sierra Nevada orogeny → produced → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block → containsFeature → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Mammoth Crest → liesWithin → Sierra Nevada batholith region ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Great Valley Group → associatedWith → Sierra Nevada magmatic arc ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
slopes of Mount Whitney → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Clark Range → within → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Mount Keith → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Palisades peaks → geology → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Sierra Crest → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Split Mountain → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Mount Muir → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Mount Winchell → geologicalProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Mount Corcoran → geologicProvince → Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Great Valley forearc basin → developedBetween → Sierra Nevada magmatic arc ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith
Great Valley forearc basin → relatedTo → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Palisades (Sierra Nevada) → geology → Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
California Mother Lode → geologicalSetting → Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada batholith