Deformation and kinematics in a melt-bearing shear zone from the Western Betic Cordilleras (Southern Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-393

  Esteban, José Julián ^a   Cuevas, Julia ^a   Vegas, Néstor ^a   Tubía, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordilleras; Melts; Ronda peridotites; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MELT-BEARING SHEAR ZONE; METAMORPHIC CRUSTAL ROCKS;

DEFORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUREOLE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HEAT SOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; VISCOSITY;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39149106109     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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