Emplacement of an Archean gneiss dome, northern Ontario, Canada: Inflation inferred from magnetic fabrics

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Borradaile, G J ^a   Gauthier, D ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean gneiss dome; Diapirism; Magnetic fabrics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DOME; EMPLACEMENT; GNEISS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METAMORPHISM; PREFERRED ORIENTATION;

ASH BAY; CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0042093646     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001443     Document Type: Article

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