Omphacite fabric variation in the Cabo Ortegal eclogite (NW Spain): Relationships with strain symmetry during high-pressure deformation

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 621-637

  Ábalos, Benito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; PETROLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE;

COEVAL PYROXENE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE TECTONITES; OMPHACITE FABRIC VARIATION;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; FABRIC; OMPHACITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; STRAIN SYMMETRY;

SPAIN, GALICIA, LA CORUNA, CABO ORTEGAL;

EID: 0031147780     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00001-1     Document Type: Article

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