Seismic slip in the lower crust Inferred from granulite-related pseudotachylyte in the woodroffe thrust, Central Australia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-233

  Lin, Aiming ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulite related pseudotachylyte; large earthquake; Lower crust; Seismicslip; Woodroffe thrust

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; NUCLEATION; OVERPRINTING; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMICITY; THRUST; TRANSITION ZONE; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42549094182     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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