Very high strains recorded in mylonites along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Implications for the deep structure of plate boundary faults

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2141-2157

  Norris, Richard J ^a   Cooper, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Fault structure; Mylonites; Strain

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRITTLENESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY FAULTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; MYLONITE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALPINE FAULT; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0142040649     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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