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This report is a summary of part of a review presented at the Eighth International Conference on Basement Tectonics. The review had four main components: (1) systematic analysis of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic batholiths and intrusions that ring the Pacific Basin — their modal compositions, chemical characteristics, internal and external structural features, and tectonic settings; (2) application of the results of the above analysis to determine which characteristics are common to most of the batholiths, which ones are uncommon, and which are potentially diagnostic as to tectonic setting; (3) classification of the characteristics identified during the above examination to establish a framework or scheme appropriate for both summarizing the essential information on the circum-Pacific batholiths and applying that information to other batholiths in the world; and (4) actual application of the classification scheme thus developed to a few prePhanerozoic batholiths to test whether it would aid in deducing their original tectonic environments. This summary emphasizes the last two components.
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Brew, D.A. (1992). Mesozoic and Cenozoic intrusions and batholiths of the circum-Pacific region as analogues of pre-Phanerozoic batholiths: A summary. In: Bartholomew, M.J., Hyndman, D.W., Mogk, D.W., Mason, R. (eds) Basement Tectonics 8. Proceedings of the International Conferences on Basement Tectonics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1614-5_11
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