Emplacement in an extensional setting of the Mont Lozère-Borne granitic complex (SE France) inferred from comprehensive AMS, structural and gravity studies

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-28

  Talbot, Jean Yves ^a   Martelet, Guillaume ^b   Courrioux, Gabriel ^b   Chen, Yan ^a   Faure, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Bur des Rech Geologiques/Minieres   (France)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS); French Massif Central; Granitic pluton; Gravity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PLUTONS;

GRANITE;

EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; GRAVITY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CEVENNES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LOZERE; MONT LOZERE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346670185     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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