Fabric reactivation: An example from the Hualapai Mountains, NW Arizona, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Nyman, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRIC REACTIVATION; FOLIATION; PORPHYROBLASTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOLIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033103463     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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