Syntectonic emplacement of the Middle Jurassic Concón Mafic Dike Swarm, Coastal Range, central Chile (33° S)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 425, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 101-122

  Creixell, Christian ^a   Parada, Miguel Ángel ^a   Roperch, Pierrick ^a,b   Morata, Diego ^a   Arriagada, César ^a   de Arce, Carlos Pérez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Block tilting; Central Chile; Dike swarm; Magnetic fabric; Middle Jurassic; Paleomagnetism; Syntectonic emplacement

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; DEFORMATION; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; XENOLITH;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748793988     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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