Flanking microstructures

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-526

  Mukherjee, Soumyajit ^a   Koyi, Hemin A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ductile shear; Flanking microstructure; Flanking structure; Higher himalayan crystallines; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DRAG; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALS; SHEARING;

CROSS-CUTTING; CRYSTAL PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; DIRECTIONAL GROWTH; DUCTILE SHEAR; FLANKING STRUCTURES; HIGHER HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE; MINERAL GRAINS; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION;

CRYSTAL CUTTING;

CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; NUCLEATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 70349380239     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809005986     Document Type: Article

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