Injection veins of crushing-originated pseudotachylyte and fault gouge formed during seismic faulting

Engineering Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 213-224

  Lin, Aiming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATACLASITE; FAULT GOUGE; IIDA MATSUKAWA FAULT; INJECTION VEINS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERN; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE; SEISMIC FAULTING; SHEAR ZONE;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

FAULT GOUGE; FAULTING; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, NAGANO PREFECTURE;

EID: 0043225114     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(96)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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