Implications of rapid, dike-fed pluton growth for host-rock strain rates and emplacement mechanisms

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 583-594

  Gerbi, Christopher ^a   Johnson, Scott E ^a   Paterson, Scott R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magma transport; Microstructures; Pluton emplacement; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BRITTLENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FLOW VELOCITY;

GEOLOGY;

AUREOLE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; MAGMA; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLUTON; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 0842301358     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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