Midcrustal emplacement of the Sausfjellet pluton, central Norway: Ductile flow, stoping, and in situ assimilation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 383-395

  Dumond, Gregory ^a,b   Yoshinobu, Aaron S ^a   Barnes, Calvin G ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bindal Batholith; Caledonides; Layered intrusions; Pluton emplacement; Stoping

Indexed keywords

HORNBLENDE GABBRO; MIDCRUSTAL EMPLACEMETN; SUBPARALLELISM; SYNFORM;

COMPOSITION; DUCTILITY; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZONING;

VOLCANOES;

EMPLACEMENT; PLUTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 15844388733     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25464.1     Document Type: Article

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