Ductile-brittle transition structures in the basal shear zone of a rhyolite lava flow, eastern Australia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 217-223

  Smith, John V ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL SHEAR ZONE; BRECCIA; BRITTLE/DUCTILE TRANSITION; DEFORMATION; LAVA FLOW; RHYOLITE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, MINYON FALLS;

EID: 0030485263     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(96)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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