Natural deformation related to serpentinisation of an ultramafic inclusion within a continental shear zone: The key role of fluids

Tectonophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Bellot, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Fluid pressure; Serpentinites; Strike slip shear zone

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CLAST; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID PRESSURE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MICROCRACK; PALEOZOIC; PETROGRAPHY; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39649092076     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.054     Document Type: Article

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