Mylonitic deformation in upper mantle peridotites of the North Pyrenean Zone (France): Implications for strength and strain localization in the lithosphere

Tectonophysics

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 303-325

  Vissers, R L M ^a   Drury, M R ^a   Newman, J ^a   Fliervoet, T F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lherzolites; Lithosphere; Mylonites; Pyrenees; Shear localization; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MYLONITE; SHEAR LOCALIZATION; UPPER MANTLE;

FRANCE, PYRENEES, NORTH PYRENEAN ZONE;

EID: 0031422065     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00128-5     Document Type: Article

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