Magma flow and thermal contraction fabric in tabular intrusions inferred from AMS analysis. A case study in a late-Variscan folded sill of the Albarracín Massif (southeastern Iberian Chain, Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 641-653

  Gil Imaz, A ^a   Pocovi A ^a   Lago, M ^a   Gale C ^a   Arranz, E ^a   Rillo, C ^a   Guerrero, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Iberian Chain; Late Variscaan sill; Magma flow; Thermal contraction

Indexed keywords

IBERIAN CHAIN; MAGMA FLOW; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTRACTION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PETROLOGY; SILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33645857957     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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