Kinematic analysis of melange fabrics: Examples and applications from the McHugh Complex, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1773-1796

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Bradley, Dwight C ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; MELANGE FABRICS;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MELANGE; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033392580     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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