The relationship between forceful and passive emplacement: The interplay between tectonic strain and magma supply in the Rosses Granitic Complex, NW Ireland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-287

  Stevenson, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMS; Donegal Batholith; Forceful and passive emplacement; Rosses Granite Complex; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

AMS; DONEGAL BATHOLITH; FORCEFUL AND PASSIVE EMPLACEMENT; ROSSES GRANITE COMPLEX; SHEAR ZONE;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CUPOLAS; DEFORMATION; DOMES; FABRICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GRANITE;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62149120998     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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