Oblique lineations in orthogneisses and supracrustal rocks: Vertical partitioning of strain in a hot crust (eastern Borborema Province, NE Brazil)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1513-1527

  Neves, Sérgio Pacheco ^a   da Silva, José Maurício Rangel ^a   Mariano, Gorki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flat lying foliation; Kinematics; Strain partitioning; Stretching lineations

Indexed keywords

FLAT LYING FOLIATION; ORTHOGNEISSES; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS;

KINEMATICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LINEATION; ORTHOGNEISS; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344432033     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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