Magnetic fabric constraints on friction melt flow regimes and ore emplacement direction within the South Range Breccia Belt, Sudbury Impact Structure

Tectonophysics

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 163-189

  Scott, Ronald G ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabric; Ore deposit; Pseudotachylyte; Sudbury Impact Structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; ORE DEPOSIT; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033603172     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00124-9     Document Type: Article

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