Granite intrusion in a metamorphic core complex: The example of the Mykonos laccolith (Cyclades, Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 501, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 52-70

  Denele Y ^a,b   Lecomte, E ^a,b   Jolivet, L ^c   Lacombe, O ^a,b   Labrousse, L ^a,b   Huet, B ^a,b   Le Pourhiet, L ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean domain; AMS; Block rotation; Metamorphic core complex; Mykonos island; Syntectonic pluton

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN DOMAIN; AMS; BLOCK ROTATION; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MYKONOS ISLAND; SYNTECTONIC PLUTON;

GRANITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ROTATION;

TECTONICS;

BLUESCHIST FACIES; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANITE; I-TYPE ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LACCOLITH; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; PLUTON;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; MYKONOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 79959493462     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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