Late orogenic, plastic to brittle extension along the Robertson Lake shear zone: Implications for the style of deep-crustal extension in the Grenville orogen, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-57

  Busch, Jay P ^a   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; MYLONITE; PLASTIC/BRITTLE DEFORMATION; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GRENVILLE OROGEN, ROBERTSON LAKE SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0029751972     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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