Phyllonitization and development of kilometer-size extension gashes in a continental-scale strike-slip shear zone, north Goiás, central Brazil

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-445

  Hippertt, J F ^a   Massucatto, A J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

MEGA-GASHES; PHYLLONITIZATION; TENSION FRACTURES;

TECTONICS;

EXTENSION GASH; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032052836     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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