Deformation processes in a peridotite shear zone: Reaction-softening by an H2O-deficient, continuous net transfer reaction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 193-222

  Newman, Julie ^a,b   Lamb, William M ^b   Drury, Martyn R ^a   Vissers, Reinoud L M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation mechanisms; Grain size reduction; Mylonite; Pyrenees; Strain localization; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033559681     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00259-5     Document Type: Article

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