Conjugate, cataclastic deformation bands in the Lower Devonian Muth Formation (Tethyan Zone, NW India): Evidence for pre-Himalayan deformation structures

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 765-781

  Draganits, Erich ^a   Grasemann, B ^b   Hager, C ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; India; Muth Formation; Pre Himalayan deformation; Quartz arenite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; POROSITY; QUARTZ;

CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; CRYSTAL PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION BAND; INDIA; MUTH FORMATION; QUARTZ-ARENITE; SHAPE PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

CATACLASITE; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; TETHYS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32044464541     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805001056     Document Type: Article

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