Ductile fabrics in the zone of active oblique convergence near the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Identifying the neotectonic overprint

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 193-217

  Little, T A ^a   Holcombe, R J ^b   Ilg, B R ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Oblique convergence; Transpression

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE FABRICS;

DEFORMATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; OVERPRINTING; PLATE BOUNDARY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0036131874     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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