Structural and metamorphic evidence of local extension along the Vivero fault coeval with bulk crustal shortening in the Variscan chain (NW Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-73

  Martinez F J ^a   Carreras, J ^a   Arboleya, M L ^a   Dietsch, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HEATING; KINEMATICS; MINERALOGY; PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE;

BULK CRUSTAL SHORTENING; COAXIAL FOLDS; CRENULATION CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; FAULT COEVAL; FOOTWALL; HANGINGWALL; LOCAL EXTENSION; MYLONITIC FOLIATION; SHEAR BANDS;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; EXTENSION; P/T CONDITIONS;

SPAIN, VARISCSIDES, VIVERO FAULT;

EID: 0029667813     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(95)00080-W     Document Type: Article

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