Fabrics of pre- and syntectonic granite plutons and chronology of shear zones in the Eastern Borborema Province, NE Brazil

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-326

  Archanjo, Carlos J ^a   Hollanda, Maria Helena B M ^a   Rodrigues, Sérgio W O ^a,b   Neves, Benjamim B B ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CPRM Geological Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Granite fabrics; Shear zones; Tectonics; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

GRANITE FABRICS; GRANITE PLUTONS; SHEAR ZONES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEUCOGRANITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PLUTON; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39149096824     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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