Riedel-shear control on the development of pennant veins: Field example and analogue modelling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1658-1669

  Coelho, Sara ^a   Passchier, Cees ^a   Marques, Fernando ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENNANT VEINS; RIEDEL-SHEAR CONTROL; TENSION GASHES; WING CRACKS;

DUCTILE FRACTURE; QUARTZ; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

WALL ROCK;

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; WALL ROCK;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748454339     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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