Inclusion trail patterns in porphyroblasts from the Foothills Terrane, California: A record of orogenesis or local strain heterogeneity?

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-372

  Paterson, S R ^a   Vernon, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Deformation; Foothills Terrane; Porhyroblasts; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DEFORMATION; MESOZOIC; MICROSTRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; PORPHYROBLAST; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034896587     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0263-4929.2000.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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