The Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest is an

intrusive suite An intrusive suite is a group of plutons related in time and space.Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). ''Geology Underfoot in Yosemite''. Mountain Press, p. 45. . All rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same magma-producing event.The ...

which extends southward, from

Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about long and deep, surroun ...

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

's southeastern boundary, into

pluton In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Intrusions have a wide variety of forms and com ...

s of the

Sierra Nevada Batholith The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, exposed at the surface as granite. The batholith is composed of many individual masses of rock called ''plutons'', which fo ...

, which are slightly older. These intrusive suites also include #

Fine Gold Intrusive Suite The Fine Gold Intrusive Suite is one of several intrusive suites that crosses into Yosemite National Park. These also include # Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest # Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon # Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak # In ...

# Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon #

Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include: # Fine Gold Intrusive Suite # Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest # Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon # Intrusive Suite of ...

# Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass # Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley #

Tuolumne Intrusive Suite The Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include # Fine Gold Intrusive Suite # Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest # Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon # Intrusive Suite of Mer ...

The age of the Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest

The Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest came to be roughly 100 to 90 Ma. It is roughly the same age as the Washburn Lake Intrusive Suite and the Merced Peak Intrusive Suite, both of which are to the east of the Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest.

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HOW DEEP WAS THE INTRUSIVE SUITE OF BUENA VISTA CREST? CONTRASTING RESULTS FROM HORNBLENDE-PLAGIOCLASE THERMOBAROMETRY OF GRANODIORITES AND ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF BROADLY COEVAL VOLCANICS (MINARETS AND MERCED PEAK COMPLEXES), SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, CALIFORNIA

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