Intensity of shape preferred orientation in a granite and its tectonic implications

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Majumder, Sukhen ^a   Mamtani, Manish A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fabric; Granite; Shape preferred orientation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349093485     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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