Granite emplacement mechanisms and tectonic controls: Inferences from deformation studies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 1988, Pages 245-255

  Hutton, Donald H W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

magma rheology; strain; tectonics

Indexed keywords

GRANITE EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; MAGMA RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONIC CONTROLS;

EID: 0024196961     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300014255     Document Type: Article

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