Calcite twinning strain constraints on the emplacement rate and kinematic pattern of the upper plate of the Heart Mountain Detachment

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 983-991

  Craddock, John P ^a   Nielson, Kimberly J ^a   Malone, David H ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARAMIDE-SEVIER FABRIC;

CALCITE; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STRAIN; TECTONICS; TWINNING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TWINNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034129624     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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