High temperature fracturing and ductile deformation during cooling of a pluton: The Lake Edison granodiorite (Sierra Nevada batholith, California)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-81

  Pennacchioni, Giorgio ^a,b   Zucchi, Eleonora ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d not available   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation during pluton cooling; Interplay between fracturing and ductile deformation; Joints; Nucleation of ductile shear zones; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE; GRANITE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); KINEMATICS; LAKES; TEXTURES;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

DEFORMATION;

COOLING; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE; GRANODIORITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCK; JOINT; MYLONITE; NUCLEATION; ORTHOGNEISS; PLUTON; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR ZONE; TEXTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

LEUCOSTICTE;

EID: 84876302811     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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