Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5786316 | Journal of Structural Geology | 2017 | 57 Pages |
Abstract
A detailed anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) survey suggests that pluton emplacement occurred at the extensional termination of a regional-scale, ENE-WSW trending, sinistral D3 shear zone - the Juzbado-Penalva Shear Zone (JPSZ). A dilational opening model involving the development of “en-échelon” tensional gashes at the extensional termination of the fault, followed by progressive opening and widening of north-south trending fractures, provided the space into which the successive magma batches arriving from below were emplaced. Vertical inflation was accommodated by depression of the pluton floor. The proposed model is consistent with the asymmetric wedge-shaped geometry of the intrusion (steep root zone on the northern side, discordant subvertical walls and a shallowing pluton floor towards the south).
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Authors
B. Valle Aguado, M.R. Azevedo, J. Nolan, J. Medina, M.M. Costa, F. Corfu, J.R. MartÃnez Catalán,