The role of tectonic shear strain on the illitization mechanism of mixed-layers illite-smectite. A case study from a fault zone in the Northern Apennines, Italy

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-616

  Dellisanti, Franz ^a   Pini, G A ^a   Tateo, F ^b   Baudin, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Diagenetic zone; Fluid migration; Illitization; Scaly fabric; Tectonic shear strain

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRAIN; SMECTITE; TECTONIC SETTING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42149114512     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0180-4     Document Type: Article

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