Transpression and strain partitioning in the Caribbean Island-arc: Fabric development, kinematics and Ar-Ar ages of syntectonic emplacement of the Loma de Cabrera batholith, Dominican Republic

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1496-1519

  Escuder Viruete, J ^a   Contreras, F ^b   Stein, G ^c   Urien, P ^c   Joubert, M ^c   Ullrich, T ^d   Mortensen, J ^d   Perez Estaun A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b INYPSA Informes y Proyectos SA   (Spain)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Batholith emplacement; Caribbean magmatic arc; Oblique plate convergence; Strain partitioning; Transpression

Indexed keywords

OBLIQUE PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; SYNTECTONIC EMPLACEMENT; TRANSPRESSION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; ISLAND ARC; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

CABRERA;

EID: 33746484557     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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