The influence of three-dimensional grain size distributions on the rheology of polyphase rocks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-705

  Heilbronner, Renée ^a   Bruhn, David ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

CALCITE; CREEP; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032096521     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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