Handy, MStreit, J2015-12-130012-821Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91504Dioritic to gabbro-dioritic veins with extreme length to width ratios (>1000:1) are localized along an amphibolite facies shear zone (the CMB Line) between exposed segments of originally middle and lower continental crust (Strona-Ceneri and Ivrea-VerbanoKeywords: deformation; mylonite; shear zone; underplating; Italy Brittle materials; Magmas; Mylonites; Shear zones; Underplating; Viscous materialsMechanics and mechanisms of magmatic underplating: inferences from mafic veins in deep crustal mylonite199910.1016/S0012-821X(98)00272-62015-12-12