How useful are 'millipede' and other similar porphyroblast microstructures for determining synmetamorphic deformation histories?

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-28

  Johnson, S E ^a   Bell, T H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crenulation cleavage; Deformation history; Millipede microstructure; Oppositely concave microfolds; Porphyroblast growth; Porphyroblast rotation; Spiral shaped inclusion trails; Strain states

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; MILLIPEDE MICROSTRUCTURE; OPPOSITELY CONCAVE MICROFOLD; PORPHYROBLAST;

EID: 0029772129     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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