Pluton emplacement within an extensional transfer zone during dextral strike-slip faulting: An example from the late Archaean Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-59

  Lacroix, S ^a,b   Sawyer, E W ^a   Chown, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MAGMA; PLUTONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEAN; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; FAULTING; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; STRIKE-SLIP; TRANSPRESSIONAL EVENT;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0031780719     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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