Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility fabrics in syntectonic plutons as tectonic strain markers: The example of the Canso pluton, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Benn, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMS; Appalachians; granite; strain partitioning; syntectonic; transpression

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COUNTRY ROCK; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; PARTITIONING; PLUTON; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SHEAR ZONE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSPRESSION;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 77957226970     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691009016028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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