Fault-assisted vertical pluton growth: Coastal Cordillera, north Chilean Andes

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Grocott, John ^a,b   Arévalo, Carlos ^c   Welkner, Daniela ^c   Cruden, Alexander ^d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KINEMATICS; MAGMA; PLUTON; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSIDENCE; UPPER CRUST;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650511083     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-165     Document Type: Article

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