High-strain zones: Laboratory perspectives on strain softening during ductile deformation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 245, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-24

  Burlini, L ^a   Bruhn, D ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

EID: 24644442240     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.245.01.01     Document Type: Review

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