Kinematic vorticity number and shear type related to the Yagan metamorphic core complex on Sino-Mongolian border

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Yadong, Zheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation tensor; Orientation of the major principal stress; Polar mohr construction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MOHR THEORY; STRESS;

EID: 0343920715     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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