Structure and geophysics of the Gasborn granite, central Sweden: An example of fracture-fed asymmetric pluton emplacement

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 168, Issue , 2000, Pages 141-160

  Cruden, Alexander R ^a   Sjöström, Håkan ^b   Aaro, Sven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; PLUTONISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 1642633562     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.168.01.10     Document Type: Article

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