Roundness of clasts in pseudotachylytes and cataclastic rocks as an indicator of frictional melting

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-478

  Lin, Aiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRITION; CATACLASTIC ROCKS; CLASTS; FRICTIONAL MELTING; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; MELTING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

ROCKS;

CATACLASITE; PETROGENESIS; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

EID: 0032777875     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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