Inhomogeneous shearing related to rock composition: Evidence from a major late-Panafrican shear zone in the Tuareg shield (Algeria)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 453-464

  Henry, Bernard ^a   Derder, Mohamed E M ^b   Bayou, Boualem ^b   Guemache, Mehdi A ^b   Nouar, Omar ^b   Ouabadi, Aziouz ^c   Djellit, Hamou ^b   Amenna, Mohamed ^b   Hemmi, Abderahmane ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabric; Panafrican; Pluton; Shearzone; Tuareg shield

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; HOST ROCK; LINEATION; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; PLUTON; ROCK PROPERTY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ROCK MECHANICS; SLIP; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA; TUAREG SHIELD;

EID: 54049120173     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1262-4     Document Type: Article

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