Quartz fabric evidence for early Pan-African penetrative east-directed shearing in the Itremo supracrustal Group of central Madagascar

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-28

  Nédélec, Anne ^a   Bouchez, Jean Luc ^a   Grégoire, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GONDWANA; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0037326950     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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