Strain patterns, décollement and incipient sagducted greenstone terrains in the Archaean Dharwar craton (south India)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 991-999

  Chardon, Dominique ^b   Choukroune, Pierre ^a,b   Jayananda, Mudlappa ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAVITATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STABILITY; STRAIN; SURFACES;

ARCHAEAN DHARWAR CRATON; ARCHAEAN TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EPISODES; CRUST; DISPLACEMENTS; GNEISSES; GREENSTONE TERRAINS; GREENSTONES; KINEMATIC CRITERIA; STRAIN PATTERNS; TROUGH;

TECTONICS;

ARCHAEAN; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, JAYACHAMARAJAPURA;

EID: 0030209494     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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