Fracture control of late Archean pluton emplacement in the northern Slave Province, Canada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1145-1154

  Dehls, J F ^a,c   Cruden, A R ^a   Vigneresse, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE CONTROL;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GRANITE; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTURE; LEUCOGRANITE; PLUTON; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032172896     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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