Fabric development in syn-tectonic intrusive sheets as a consequence of melt-dominated flow and thermal softening of the crust

Tectonophysics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-31

  Pavlis, Terry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; SHEET; SYNTECTONIC INTRUSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL SOFTENING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029774504     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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