Strain localisation in the subcontinental mantle - a ductile alternative to the brittle mantle

Tectonophysics

Volumn 445, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 318-336

  Precigout, J ^a   Gueydan, F ^a   Gapais, D ^a   Garrido, C J ^b   Essaifi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Dynamic recrystallisation; Grain boundary sliding; Grain size; Ronda peridotites

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILITY; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 36549080135     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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