Ascent and emplacement of buoyant magma bodies in brittle-ductile upper crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Burov, Evgene ^a   Jaupart, Claude ^b   Guillou Frottier, Laurent ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Bureau des Rec Geol/Minieres   (France)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Magma bodies; Mechanics; Numerical modeling; Plutons; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DIAPIRISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 0041810487     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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