Graphic derivation of the local sense of shear strain components in stretched walls of lithotectonic boundaries

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 957-967

  Schwerdtner, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOTECTONIC BOUNDARIES (LTB);

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LITHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOTECTONIC BOUNDARY; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ELLIPSE;

EID: 0032123287     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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