Fabric development during shear deformation in the Main Central Thrust zone, NW-Himalaya, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 387, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 23-46

  Bhattacharya, A R ^a   Weber, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coaxial and noncoaxial deformation; MCT zone of the Himalaya; Quartz c axis and a axis fabrics; Strain path

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOSTRESS; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 11144291973     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.026     Document Type: Article

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