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CUVETTE EFFONDREMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The complex itself evolved in two main stages. Initially, intrusive and extrusive activity was charged by acid magmatism and associated with ring-faulting. It is thought that the complex underwent repeated doming and subsidence (within the cauldron) at this time.

PHR

Cauldron complex, subsidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Petite dépression circulaire.

CONT

Les structures à grande et à petite échelle et les processus d'intrusion de magma sont semblables à ceux de nombreux batholites de la Cordillère, avec des plutons tabulaires associés à des dykes annulaires, mis en place par la formation de cuvettes d'effondrement, et des plutons en forme de bassin associés à des feuillets coniques.

PHR

Subsidence en chaudron.

Spanish

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