Evidence for reactivation of Eocene joints and pre-Eocene foliation planes in the Okanagan core-complex, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2109-2120

  Eyal, Yehuda ^a   Osadetz, Kirk G ^b   Feinstein, Shimon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faults; Joints; Mesostructures; Reactivation; Sense of motion; Striations

Indexed keywords

DIP-SLIP MOTION; FAULTED JOINTS; MESOSTRUCTURES; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; OKANAGAN; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION PATTERN; STRIATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEDDING PLANE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; EOCENE; FAULT; FOLIATION; JOINT; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS FIELD; STRIATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750960837     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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