Quartz c-axis texture mapping of a Variscan regional foliation (Malpica-Tui Unit, NW Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1299-1312

  Llana Fúnez, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collisional tectonics; Distributed deformation; Exhumation; Nappe tectonics; Quartz c axis textures; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

ORHTHOGNEISSES; TECTONIC FOILATION; TEXTURE MAPPING;

DEFORMATION; MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FOLIATION; QUARTZ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEXTURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036266055     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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