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LATE SYNKINEMATIC [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Chronology
CONT

Late syn-tectonic granite plutons in central Madagascar dated at 545-528 Ma were emplaced into discrete sinistral strike-slip dominated shear zones, while highgrade metamorphism and anatexis in western Madagascar dated at c. 540 Ma occurred during pervasive shearing in the hanging wall of a regional east-vergent thrust.

OBS

late synkinematic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Late-synkinematic granite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Chronologie
CONT

Les roches sédimentaires sont recoupées par des gabbros et des granites peralumineux, post-tectonique et syn-tectonique tardif.

OBS

syncinématique tardif : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Granite syntectonique tardif.

Key term(s)
  • syn-cinématique tardif

Spanish

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