Rotation of slip direction of the Atokura Nappe viewed from microstructural analyses of brittle shear zones in the Sambagawa belt, Southwest Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Kobayashi, Kenta ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NAPPE; ROTATION; SLIP DIRECTION; STRIKE SLIP;

JAPAN, HONSHU, KANTO;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; ROTATION;

ATOKURA NAPPE; BRITTLE SHEAR ZONES; FAULT ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSES; SAMBAGAWA BELT; SLIP DIRECTION ROTATION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029669299     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80024-1     Document Type: Article

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