Behaviour of rigid objects during deformation and metamorphism: A test using schists from the Bolton syncline, Connecticut, USA

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-228

  Hickey, K A ^a   Bell, T H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fold mechanisms; Foliation development; Helicitic inclusions; Porphyroblast timing

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; FOLIATION; PORPHYROBLAST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032979229     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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