Dilatant clayey microstructure in the Barbados decollement zone

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Takizawa, Shigeru ^a   Ogawa, Yujiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SEDIMENTS; DILATANT MICROSTRUCTURES;

CLAY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CLAY; DECOLLEMENT; DILATANCY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0032926041     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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