Rock deformation processes in the Karakoram fault zone, Eastern Karakoram, Ladakh, NW India

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1315-1326

  Rutter, E H ^a   Faulkner, D R ^a   Brodie, K H ^a   Phillips, R J ^b   Searle, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brittle and plastic deformation; Faulting; Karakoram; Tectonics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

CLAYBEARING FAULT GOUGES; FAULTING; MYLONITES; ROCK DEFORMATION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GOUGE; FAULTING; MARBLE; MYLONITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROCK MECHANICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547665606     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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