Core complex model proposed for gneiss dome development during collapse of the Paleoproterozoic Penokean orogen, Minnesota

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-346

  Holm, Daniel K ^a   Lux, Daniel R ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

ARCHEAN ROCKS; CORE COMPLEX; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; OROGENIC BELTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL SECTIONS; GNEISS DOME;

DOMES;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DOME; GNEISS; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; GNEISS DOME; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PENOKEAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029768486     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0343:CCMPFG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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