Synchronous development of mylonite and pseudotachylyte in ductile shear zone: An example from the Chitradurga eastern margin shear zone, Karnataka

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Roy, Abhinaba ^a   Sengupta, Siladitya ^a   Mandal, Amit ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Brittle; Chitradurga; Ductile; Karnataka; Mylonite; Pseudotachylyte; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; PETROGRAPHY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SCHIST; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE;

ASIA; CHITRADURGA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57649123313     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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