Coeval brittle and ductile structures associated with extreme deformation partitioning in a multilayer sequence

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-511

  Druguet, Elena ^a   Alsop, G Ian ^b   Carreras, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boudin; Fold; Fracture; Multilayer rheology; Shear zone; Strain partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC ROCKS; BOUDIN; COMPLEX STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION PARTITIONING; DUCTILE STRUCTURES; FOLD; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; PARTITIONED DOMAINS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SPECIFIC ORIENTATIONS; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; MARBLE; MULTILAYERS; PLASTICITY; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

RHEOLOGY;

BOUDINAGE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

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

EID: 67349204817     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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