Multiple generations of pseudotachylyte in the brittle to ductile regimes, Qinling-Dabie Shan ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic complex, central China

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-435

  Lin, Aiming ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^b   Yang, Zhenyu ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile brittle transition; Mylonite; Qinling Dabie Shan collisional orogenic belt; Seismic slip

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MYLONITE; OROGENIC BELT; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 1042298681     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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