Tabular fracture clusters: Dynamic fracturing produced by volatile expulsion, Sierra Nevada Batholith, California

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1488-1499

  Riley, P ^a   Tikoff, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fracturing; Fracture; Sierra Nevada batholith; Tuolumne intrusive suite; Volatile expulsion

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC SIMILARITY; GRANODIORITE; HOST ROCKS; MIAROLITIC CAVITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MODE-DISPLACEMENTS; OVERPRESSURE; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; TUOLUMNE INTRUSIVE SUITE; VOLATILE EXPULSION;

GRANITE; QUARTZ;

FRACTURE;

BATHOLITH; BRECCIA; CLAST; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEODYNAMICS; GRANODIORITE; HOST ROCK; OVERPRESSURE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649465143     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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