Should felsic magmas be considered as tectonic objects, just like faults or folds?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1125-1130

  Vigneresse, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DISEQUILIBRIUM; FAULTS; FELSIC MAGMAS; FOLDS; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT;

COMPOSITION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MELTING; MINERALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 0032744580     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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