The Guitiriz granite, Variscan belt of northern Spain: Extension-controlled emplacement of magma during tectonic escape

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Aranguren, Aitor ^a   Tubia, José María ^a   Bouchez, Jean Luc ^b   Vigneresse, Jean Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Extension; Granite; Hercynian Orogeny; Magnetic susceptibility; Olio de Sapo domain

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; GUITIRIZ GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; TECTONIC ESCAPE;

SPAIN, VARISCIDES;

EID: 0029773176     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00239-9     Document Type: Article

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