A view from the roof: Magmatic stoping in the shallow crust, Chita pluton, Argentina

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1037-1048

  Yoshinobu, Aaron S ^a   Fowler, T Kenneth ^b   Paterson, Scott R ^c   Llambias, Eduardo ^d   Tickyj, Hugo ^d   Sato, Ana Maria ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina Frontal Cordillera; Granite; Magmatic arcs; Pluton emplacement; Stoping

Indexed keywords

SHALLOW CRUST;

DEFORMATION; GRANITE; ROCK MECHANICS; SOLIDIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; HOST ROCK; MAGMATISM; PLUTON; UPPER CRUST;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037411446     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00149-9     Document Type: Article

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