Stretching lineations in transpressional shear zones: An example from the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-39

  Tikoff, Basil ^a   Greene, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; GRANITE; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRETCHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALIFORNIA; DEXTRAL SENSE OF SHEAR INDICATORS; KINEMATIC OF THREE DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATION; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; STEEPLY PLUNGING LINEATION; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; SYNTECTONIC GRANITOIDS; TECTONIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPRESSIONAL SHEAR ZONE;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0030837318     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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