Structural petrology of the Ronda peridotite, SW Spain: Deformation history

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-43

  Van Der Wal, Dirk ^a,b   Vissers, Reinoud L M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Peridotite; Recrystallization; Ronda; Strain localization; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

SPAIN, ANDALUSIA, RONDA MASSIF;

EID: 0029751214     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.1.23     Document Type: Review

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