Deformation of a high-grade Gondwana fragment, Sri Lanka

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-68

  Kehelpannala, K V Wilbert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Deformation; Layering; Microstructure; Shear zones; Structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FACIES ANALYSIS; GNEISS; GONDWANA; GRANULITE FACIES; PORPHYROBLAST;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0038562218     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70005-8     Document Type: Article

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