Geophysical and structural signatures of syntectonic batholith construction: The South Mountain Batholith, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-158

  Benn, K ^a   Roest, W R ^b   Rochette, P ^c   Evans, N G ^d   Pignotta, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d BHP Petroleum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batholith; Collision belts; Granite; Gravity anomalies; Magnetic susceptibility; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; COLLISION ZONE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; PLUTON;

CANADA;

EID: 0032950161     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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