Superheated friction-induced melts in zoned pseudotachylytes within the Adamello tonalites (Italian Southern Alps)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1783-1801

  Di Toro, Giulio ^a   Pennacchioni, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adamello batholith; Cataclasite; Clast size distribution; Earthquakes; Numerical modeling; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SEISMIC SLIPS;

COOLING; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

CATACLASITE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FRICTION; MELT; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4143054646     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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