Deformation fabrics of the Cima di Gagnone peridotite massif, Central Alps, Switzerland: Evidence of deformation at low temperatures in the presence of water

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Skemer, Philip ^a   Katayama, Ikuo ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CIMA DI GAGNONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEPONTINE ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 33745164909     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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