Reply to the comments of S. Karato on "Petrofabrics and seismic properties of garnet peridotites from the UHP Sulu terrane (China)" by Xu et al. [Tectonophysics 421 (2006) 111-127]

Tectonophysics

Volumn 429, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Xu, Zhiqin ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Olivine; Petrofabrics; Slip systems; Sulu terrane; UHP metamorphic rocks; Water content

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PETROFABRIC; SEISMIC PROPERTY; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 33845487876     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.09.003     Document Type: Note

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