Emplacement geometry of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Structural examination of a proposed impact melt-sheet

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 399-418

  Cowan, E J ^a,b   Riller, U ^a,c   Schwerdtner, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SRK CONSULTING   (Australia)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ROCKS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES;

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION TEXTURE; FRACTIONATION MECHANISM; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL ORIENTATIONS; STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEXES;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CRATER; CRATERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; GABBRO; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LINEATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NORITE; PLAGIOCLASE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870946132     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.399     Document Type: Article

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