Syntectonic emplacement of the Maladeta granite (Pyrenees) deduced from relationships between Hercynian deformation and contact metamorphism

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Evans, N G ^a   Gleizes, G ^b   Leblanc, D ^b   Bouchez, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Deformation; Hercynian Orogeny; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY;

SPAIN, PYRENEES, MALADETA COMPLEX;

EID: 0031905331     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0209     Document Type: Article

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