Isotopic dating of strain fringe increments: Duration and rates of deformation in shear zones

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5474, 2000, Pages 2195-2198

  Müller, Wolfgang ^a   Aerden, Domingo ^b   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PYRITE; RUBIDIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM;

DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343953019     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5474.2195     Document Type: Article

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