Tectonic evolution of the European Variscan belt constrained by palaeomagnetic, structural and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility data from the Northern Vosges magmatic arc (eastern France)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 785-804

  Edel, J B ^a   Schulmann, K ^a,b   Skrzypek, E ^a,c   Cocherie, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ROTATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; BOHEMIAN MASSIFS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; LATE DEVONIAN; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VARISCAN OROGEN;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

BATHOLITH; BELT; CLEAVAGE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HOST ROCK; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEISMIC DATA; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84883532895     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2011-138     Document Type: Article

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