Transpressional kinematics and magmatic arcs

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 327-340

  De Saint Blanquat, Michel ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^b   Teyssier, Christian ^c   Vigneresse, Jean Louis ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; MAGMATISM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 0032323427     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.21     Document Type: Article

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