Paleostress fields from calcite twins in the Pyeongan Supergroup, South Korea

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Kang, Seong Seung ^a,b   Kim, Jun Mo ^a   Jang, Bo An ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcite strain gauge technique; Mesozoic era; Paleostress; Pyeongan Supergroup; Twin

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; MESOZOIC; PALEOSTRESS; PALEOZOIC; TWINNING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 21344456502     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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