Insights into the mechanisms and timescales of pluton assembly from deformation patterns of mafic enclaves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Caricchi, Luca ^a,b   Annen, Catherine ^a   Rust, Alison ^a   Blundy, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; RHEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ITALY;

DELLA;

EID: 84870198657     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009325     Document Type: Article

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