Paleostress orientation from 3-D orientation distribution of microcracks in quartz from the Cretaceous granodiorite core samples drilled through the Nojima Fault, South-west Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 495-505

  Takeshita, T ^a   Yagi, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Late Cretaceous; Microcrack; Nojima Fault; Paleostress orientation; Preferred orientation; Quartz

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GRANODIORITE; MICROCRACK; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; QUARTZ;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034767293     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2001.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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