Pluton emplacement by wall-rock thrusting, hanging-wall translation and extensional collapse: Latest Devonian plutons of the Cobequid fault zone, Nova Scotia, Canada

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-298

  Koukouvelas, I ^a   Pe Piper, G ^b   Piper, D J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; FAULT ZONE; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; WALL ROCK THRUSTING;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, COBEQUID FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0029729579     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s001675680000902x     Document Type: Article

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