High-temperature embrittlement of extensional Alpine mylonite zones in the midcrustal ductile-brittle transition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B3, 2001, Pages 4337-4348

  Axen, Gary J ^a   Selverstone, Jane ^b   Wawrzyniec, Tim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; MYLONITE; MYLONITIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0034963183     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900372     Document Type: Article

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