Microstructural evidence for N-S shortening in the Mount Isa Inlier (NW Queensland, Australia): The preservation of early W-E-trending foliations in porphyroblasts revealed by independent 3D measurement techniques

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1445-1468

  Sayab, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Eastern fold belt; Foliation intersection axes; Inclusion trails; Mount Isa; Porphyroblasts

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION INTERSECTION AXES; INCLUSION TRAILS; PORPHYROBLASTS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLIATION; INLIER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOUNT ISA; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 24344462170     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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