Batholith emplacement at mid-crustal levels and its exhumation within an obliquely convergent margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-78

  Crawford, Maria Luisa ^a   Klepeis, Keith A ^b   Gehrels, George ^c   Isachsen, Clark ^c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Deformation; Emplacement; Mid crust; Pluton; Shearing

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033397762     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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