Fault-zone deformation in welded tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1873-1891

  Gray, Mary Beth ^a   Stamatakos, John A ^b   Ferrill, David A ^b   Evans, Mark A ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Cataclasis; Fault zones; Ignimbrites; Microstructure; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CATACLASIS; FAULT ZONES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

CALCITE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TUFF;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 26644461417     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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