Origin and mechanical significance of foliated cataclastic rocks in the cores of crustal-scale faults: Examples from the Median Tectonic Line, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Jefferies, S P ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Shimamoto, T ^b   Takagi, H ^c   Lloyd, G E ^d   Spiers, C J ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CEMENTATION; CLASTIC ROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALIZATION; MYLONITIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MEDIAN TECTONIC LINE;

EID: 34547865078     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004205     Document Type: Article

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