The drawbacks of sectioning rocks relative to fabric orientations in the matrix: A case study from the Robertson River Metamorphics (Northern Queensland, Australia)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2157-2174

  Cihan, Mustafa ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inclusion trails; Porphyroblast growth; Reactivation; Robertson River Metamorphics; Truncation

Indexed keywords

FABRIC ORIENTATIONS; MATRIX FOLIATIONS;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGY; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

ROCKS;

FLUID INCLUSION; FOLIATION; METAMORPHISM; PORPHYROBLAST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 4644340690     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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