The relationship between length and width of plutons within the crustal-scale Cobequid Shear Zone, northern Appalachians, Canada

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 963-976

  Koukouvelas, Ioannis K ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Piper, David J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cobequid fault; Scalar properties; Shear zone plutons

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MYLONITE; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751117728     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0077-7     Document Type: Article

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