The anatomy of shallow-crustal transpressional structures: Insights from the Archaean Carajas fault zone, Amazon, Brazil

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1105-1123

  Holdsworth, Robert E ^a   Pinheiro, Roberto V L ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARAJAS FAULT ZONE; CARAJAS STRIKE SLIP SYSTEM; HIGH GRADE BASEMENT SHEAR ZONE FABRICS; LITHIFICATION; SHALLOW CRUST TRANSPRESSIONAL STRUCTURES; SINISTRAL TRANSPRESSION; SUBVERTICAL FAULTS;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034255789     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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