Deformed graptolites, finite strain and volume loss during cleavage formation in rocks of the taconic slate belt, New York and Vermont, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1769-1782

  Goldstein, Arthur ^a   Knight, Jonathan ^a   Kimball, Kari ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE STRAIN; GRAPTOLITES;

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAPTOLITE; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SLATE; STRAIN; VOLUME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032410258     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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