Origin and incremental evolution of brittle/ductile shear zones in granitic rocks: Natural examples from the southern Abitibi Belt, Canada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-27

  Tourigny, Ghislain ^a,c   Tremblay, Alain ^b  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c Corporation Lithos ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN;

ABITIBI BELT; ANASTOMOSING NETWORK; BRITTLE FAULTS; CANADA; FLUID ROCK INTERACTION; GRANITIC ROCKS; LINEATIONS; SHEAR STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

GRANITE;

EID: 0030784998     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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