Buckle folding and deep-crustal shearing of high-grade gneisses at the junction of two major high-strain zones, Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1907-1925

  Culshaw, N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; PETROLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

BUCKLE FOLDING; DEEP-CRYSTAL SHEARING; SHEAR ZONE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

GNEISS; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644904377     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-078     Document Type: Article

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