Transformation of cataclastically deformed rocks to pseudotachylyte by pervasion of frictional melt: Inferences from clast-size analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 283-304

  Ray, Sumit Kumar ^a  

^a Andaman Division   (India)

Author keywords

Comminution; Fault; India; Melt; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; FAULT; MELT; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033616332     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00229-7     Document Type: Article

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