Oblique dilation, melt transfer, and gneiss dome emplacement

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-378

  McFadden, R R ^a   Teyssier, C ^a   Siddoway, C S ^b   Whitney, D L ^a   Fanning, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; GNEISS DOME; LEUCOGRANITES; MARIE BYRD LAND; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MID-CRETACEOUS; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; RIFT SYSTEMS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; UPPER CRUST;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DOMES; FABRICS; GRANITE;

TECTONICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DILATION; DOME; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FOLIATION; GNEISS; GRANITE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER CRUST;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77749337681     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30493.1     Document Type: Article

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