A multidisciplinary study of a syntectonic pluton close to a major lithospheric-scale fault - Relationships between the Montmarault granitic massif and the Sillon Houiller Fault in the Variscan French Massif Central: 1. Geochronology, mineral fabrics, and tectonic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Joly, Aurore ^a,b   Chen, Yan ^a   Faure, Michel ^a   Martelet, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Bur Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CARBONIFEROUS; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FIELDWORK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRAVITY SURVEY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PLUTON; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

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

EID: 37349124685     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004745     Document Type: Article

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