Granite emplacement during tectonic exhumation: The Adirondack example

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 781-784

  Selleck, Bruce W ^a   McLelland, James M ^b   Bickford, M E ^c  

^a Geology Department   (United Kingdom)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Geochronology; Grenville; Leucogranite; Mylonite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL COLLAPES; HYDROTHERMAL MAGNETITE DEPOSITS; LEUCOGRANITE; MYLONITE; OROGENIC BELTS; TECTONIC EXHUMATION;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

TECTONICS;

EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEUCOGRANITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844456392     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21631.1     Document Type: Article

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