Low-temperature deformation mechanisms at a lithotectonic interface near the Sudbury Basin, Eastern Penokean Orogen, Canada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 59-75

  Riller, Ulrich ^a,b   Schwerdtner, W M ^a   Robin, P Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basement cover deformation; Deformation mechanisms; Fluids; Microstructure; Penokean Orogen; Sudbury Structure; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLUID ACTIVITY; PENOKEAN OROGENY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUDBURY BASIN;

EID: 0031868894     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)80061-9     Document Type: Article

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