Calcite strains, kinematic indicators, and magnetic flow fabric of a Proterozoic pseudotachylyte swarm, Minnesota River valley, USA

Tectonophysics

Volumn 402, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS, 2005, Pages 153-168

  Craddock, John P ^a   Magloughlin, Jerry F ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdules; Calcite twinning; Fabric analysis; Montevideo terrane; Morton terrane; Proterozoic terrane boundary; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIKE SWARM; PROTEROZOIC; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; TWINNING;

MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444444298     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.035     Document Type: Article

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