The dike swarm of the Karakoram shear zone, Ladakh, NW India: Linking granite source to batholith

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Reichardt, Henning ^a   Weinberg, Roberto F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSING SYSTEMS; CONJUGATE PAIR; DIKE SWARMS; GRANITIC MAGMAS; IRREGULAR NETWORKS; LEUCOGRANITES; MAGMA MIGRATION; MIOCENE; NETWORK GEOMETRY; PLUTONS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SHEAR FABRICS; SHEAR PLANE; SHEAR ZONE; SOURCE REGION; SOURCE TO SINKS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; TRANSFER ZONES;

ANISOTROPY; DUCTILE FRACTURE; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA;

LEVEES;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BATHOLITH; DIKE SWARM; FOLDING; GRANITE; MAGMA; MIGMATITE; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS FIELD;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM; LADAKH;

EID: 84859333411     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30394.1     Document Type: Article

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