The main Variscan deformation event in the Pyrenees: New data from the structural study of the Bielsa granite

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 659-677

  Roman Berdiel T ^a   Casas, A M ^a   Oliva Urcia, B ^a   Pueyo, E L ^b   Rillo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Bielsa; Granite; Microstructure; Pyrenees; Variscan

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC FABRIC;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PLUTONISM; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 1342309858     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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