Dating fault reactivation by Ar/Ar laserprobe: An alternative view of apparently cogenetic mylonite-pseudotachylite assemblages

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-338

  Sherlock, S C ^a   Watts, L M ^b   Holdsworth, R E ^b   Roberts, D ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

M re Tr ndelag Fault Complex Ar Ar; Pseudotachylite; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FAULT ZONE; MYLONITE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; REACTIVATION;

EID: 2142697227     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-160     Document Type: Article

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