Mode of emplacement of the Slaufrudalur Pluton, Southeast Iceland inferred from three-dimensional GPS mapping and model building

Tectonophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Burchardt, Steffi ^a   Tanner, David C ^b   Krumbholz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cauldron subsidence; GPS mapping; Granite emplacement; Magmatic stoping; Pluton shape; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

CAULDRON SUBSIDENCE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLAT ROOFS; FLOOD BASALT; GRANITE EMPLACEMENT; GRANITIC PLUTONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICELANDS; PLUTON SHAPE; STEEP WALLS; STRUCTURAL FIELDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE;

BASALT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRANITE; MAPPING; MODEL BUILDINGS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); ROOFS; STOPING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EMPLACEMENT; GPS; GRANITE; MAPPING; MODELING; PLUTON; SUBSIDENCE;

ICELAND;

EID: 72649099478     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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