Amorphous material formed by the mechanochemical effect in natural pseudotachylyte of crushing origin: A case study of the Iida-Matsukawa Fault, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1855-1869

  Ozawa, Kana ^a   Takizawa, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous material; Crush origin pseudotachylyte; High resolution electron microscopy; Mechanochemical effect

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING ORIGIN; FAULT; MECHANOCHEMICAL EFFECT; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; JAPAN; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BIOTITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMINUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SHEAR STRESS;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

VERASPER MOSERI;

EID: 35448983150     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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