The magnetic fabric of weakly deformed Late Jurassic shales from the southern subalpines chains (French Alps): Evidence for SW-directed tectonic transport direction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-31

  Aubourg, Charles ^a   Rochette, Pierre ^b   Stéphan, Jean Francois ^c   Popoff, Michel ^c   Chabert Pelline, Corinne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabric; Shales; Simple shear; Tectonic transport

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033603171     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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