Large-scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-292

  Chardon, Dominique ^a,b,c   Andronicos, Christopher L ^a   Hollister, Lincoln S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032989023     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900035     Document Type: Article

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