Rise and emplacement of magma during horizontal shortening of the brittle crust: Insights from experimental modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Galland, Olivier ^a,b   Cobbold, Peter R ^a   de Bremond d'Ars, Jean ^a   Hallot, Erwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MAGMATISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; THRUST FAULT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; MONTANA; NEUQUEN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; TROMEN VOLCANO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548430480     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004604     Document Type: Article

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