Complex microstructures preserved in rocks with a simple matrix: Significance for deformation and metamorphic processes

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-535

  Bell, T H ^a   Hickey, K A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folding; Foliation development; Integrated deformation and metamorphism

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; FOLIATION; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0033377723     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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