Pre- to syn-extension melt-assisted nucleation and growth of extensional gneiss domes: The western French Massif Central (Variscan belt)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 863-880

  Bellot, Jean Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Extensional gneiss dome; Late orogenic extension; Normal shear zone; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL GNEISS DOMES; LATE-OROGENIC EXTENSION; MILLEVACHES DOME; NORMAL SHEAR ZONE; VARISCAN BELT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NUCLEATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DOME; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LEUCOGRANITE; MIGMATITE; NUCLEATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247476468     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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