Superimposed fabrics due to reversal of shear sense: An example from the Bergen Arc Shear Zone, western Norway

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 871-879

  Wennberg, Ole Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; QUARTZ; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

BOUDINS; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; FOLIATION; NORWAY; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR ZONE; SUPERIMPOSED FABRICS;

GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIAN; COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FABRIC; SHEAR SENSE; SHEAR ZONE;

NORWAY, BERGEN ARC;

EID: 0030184162     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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