Stress-strain rate history of a midcrustal shear zone and the onset of brittle deformation inferred from quartz recrystallized grain size

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 127-142

  Gueydan, Frederic ^a   Mehl, C ^b   Parra, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 20444502872     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.243.01.10     Document Type: Article

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