Development of local orthorhombic fabrics within a simple-shear dominated sinistral transpression zone: The Arronches sheared gneisses (Iberian Massif, Portugal)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 224, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-227

  Pereira, M Francisco ^a   Silva, J Brandao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; MINERALOGY; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; TRANSPRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MICA;

EID: 2942574233     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.224.01.14     Document Type: Article

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