Pure shear dominated high-strain zones in basement terranes

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 200, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-108

  Bailey, Christopher M ^a   Polvi, Lina E ^a   Forte, Adam M ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Monoclinic deformation; Mylonites; Triclinic deformation; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VORTICITY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HIGH-STRAIN ZONES; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MYLONITES; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRAINS;

STRAIN;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COAST; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FOLIATION; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; PROTOLITH; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE; VORTICITY;

ARIZONA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34248537010     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1200(06)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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