Frictional-viscous flow in mylonite with varied bimineralic composition and its effect on lithospheric strength

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 175-191

  Handy, M R ^a   Wissing, S B ^a   Streit, L E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Mylonite; Polyphase rheology

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; LITHOSPHERE; MYLONITE; STRENGTH;

EID: 0033559603     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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