Micromechanisms of shear zone propagation at the brittle-viscous transition

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1242-1253

  Fusseis, F ^a,b   Handy, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle Ductile; Brittle Viscous; Cap de Creus; Shear zone propagation; Shear zones; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE-DUCTILE; BRITTLE-VISCOUS; CAP DE CREUS; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; EARLY STAGES; GREENSCHIST; HOST ROCKS; MICRO SCALES; MICRO-MECHANISMS; MICROFRACTURES; MICROFRACTURING; MICROSCALE OBSERVATIONS; MYLONITE; POLYPHASE MATRICES; RE CRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ROCK SAMPLES; SHEAR ZONE PROPAGATION; SHEAR ZONES; STRAIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRAIN SOFTENING; STRAIN-DEPENDENT;

MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; HOST ROCK; MYLONITE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 52749088559     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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