Pervasive granitoid magma transfer through the lower-middle crust during non-coaxial compressional deformation

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 565-579

  Collins, W J ^a   Sawyer, E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dykes; Granulite facies metamorphism; Leucosomes; Magma accumulation; Magma channelways; Magma migration

Indexed keywords

CHANNELWAY; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; LEUCOSOME; MAGMA MIGRATION; MAGMATIC FRACTURE; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0030511797     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1996.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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