Deformation mechanisms and inverted thermal profile in the North Almora Thrust mylonite zone, Kumaon Lesser Himalaya, India

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-39

  Srivastava, Praveen ^a   Mitra, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EOCENE; INVERTED THERMAL PROFILE; MYLONITE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THRUSTING;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, KUMAUN HIMALAYA, NORTH ALMORA THRUST;

CALCITE; CHLORITE MINERALS; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; QUARTZ; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBOLITE GRADE; BIOTITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; EPIDOTE; GREENSCHIST GRADE; INVERTED THERMAL PROFILE; MYLONITE ZONE; MYLONITIC ROCKS; MYLONITIZATION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029667828     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(95)00085-R     Document Type: Article

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