Magnetic anisotropy, rock fabrics and finite strain in deformed sediments of SW Sardinia (Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-74

  Lüneburg, Catalina M ^a,c   Lampert, Stephan A ^b,d   Lebit, Hermann D ^a,c   Hirt, Ann M ^c   Casey, Martin ^a,e   Lowrie, William ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Defense Procurement Agency   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMS; Finite strain; Microstructures; Rock fabrics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ORIENTATION; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN;

ITALY;

EID: 0033603174     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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