Fold-controlled quartz textures in the Pennine Mischabel backfold near Zermatt, Switzerland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-28

  Lebit, Hermann ^a,d   Klaper, Eva M ^b   Lüneburg, Catalina M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tectonics; Fold mechanics; Kinematic lineation; Microstructures; Quartz textures

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037159481     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00387-6     Document Type: Article

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