Quartz microtextures and microstructures owing to deformation of glaciolacustrine sediments in the northern Venezuelan Andes

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-33

  Mahaney, W C ^a   Dirszowsky, R W ^a   Milner, M W ^a   Menzies, J ^b   Stewart, A ^c   Kalm, V ^d   Bezada, M ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Deformation; Glaciolacustrine; Microstructures; Microtextures; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; WISCONSINAN;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ATRIPLEX PUSILLA;

EID: 1242332769     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.818     Document Type: Article

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