A sensitive vorticity gauge using rotated porphyroblasts, and its application to rocks adjacent to the alpine fault, New Zealand

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 979-989

  Holcombe, Rodney J ^a   Little, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORPHYROBLASTS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS; STRAIN; VORTEX FLOW;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT; MIOCENE; ORIENTATION; PORPHYROBLAST; SHEAR STRAIN; VORTICITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035356589     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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