Fast strain rates during pluton emplacement: Magmatically folded leucocratic dikes in aureoles of the Mount Stuart Batholith, Washington, and the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 450-465

  Albertz, Markus ^a   Paterson, Scott R ^a   Okaya, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureole; Cooling; Dikes; Emplacement; Plutons; Strain rates

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL-PLASTIC CREEP; GRANULAR FLOW; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; THERMAL MODELING;

CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN RATE;

VOLCANOES;

EMPLACEMENT; PLUTON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844395996     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25444.1     Document Type: Article

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