Misalignment of quartz c-axis fabrics and lineations due to oblique final strain increments in the Ruby Mountains core complex, Nevada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 765-776

  MacCready, Tyler ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LANDFORMS; QUARTZ; STRAIN RATE; TEXTURES;

C AXIS STEREONET PATTERNS; OBLIQUE FINAL STRAIN; RUBY MOUNTAINS, NEVADA;

TECTONICS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; C-AXIS FABRIC; DEFORMATION; FINITE STRAIN; LINEATION; QUARTZ;

USA, NEVADA, RUBY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029666722     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80010-1     Document Type: Article

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