High strain-rate deformation fabrics characterize a kilometers-thick Paleozoic fault zone in the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, central Argentina

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 909-922

  Whitmeyer, Steven J ^a   Simpson, Carol ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Tres Arboles'fault zone; Amphibolite facies dutile deformation; Sierras Pampeanas

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION FABRICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ; STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; PALEOZOIC; STRAIN RATE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037410639     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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