Flow controlled inverted metamorphism in shear zones

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 743-750

  Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Vannay, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTED METAMORPHIC ZONATION; THRUSTING SHEAR ZONE;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FOLDING; INVERSION LAYER; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0033165651     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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