Did Yemeni Tertiary granites intrude neck zones of a stretched continental upper crust?

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 196-200

  Geoffroy, L ^a   Huchon, P ^a   Khanbari, K ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; MIOCENE;

YEMEN;

EID: 0032420314     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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