Calcite twins from microveins as indicators of deformation history

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 875-889

  González Casado, José M ^a   García Cuevas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWINNING;

FAULT POPULATION ANALYSIS; FAULT STRIATIONS; MICROVEINS; PALEOSTRAINS; PALEOSTRESS EVOLUTION; STYLOLITES;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; DEFORMATION; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TWINNING;

EID: 0344069650     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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