Pluton emplacement during transpression in brittle crust: New views from analogue experiments

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1079-1082

  Benn, K ^a   Odonne, F ^b   De Saint Blanquat, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUTTY;

BRITTLE CRUST; DRY SAND; OROGENS; OVERLYING SANDS; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; TRANSPRESSION;

SILICONES;

ANALOG MODEL; BRITTLE MEDIUM; EMPLACEMENT; PLUTON; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 84874963224     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1079:PEDTIB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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