Incremental pluton emplacement by magmatic crack-seal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-396

  Bartley, John M ^a   Coleman, Drew S ^b   Glazner, Allen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

granite; incremental growth; intrusive mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022981523     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001528     Document Type: Article

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