Strain analysis and rheology contrasts in polymictic conglomerates: An example from the Seine metaconglomerates, Superior Province, Canada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1365-1376

  Czeck, Dyanna M ^a   Fissler, Darlene A ^a   Horsman, Eric ^b   Tikoff, Basil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conglomerate; Effective viscosity; Rheology; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

CLAST TYPES; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION PATH; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; FINITE STRAIN; MATRIX; NEWTONIANS; ONTARIO , CANADA; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN GRADIENTS; STRAIN MAGNITUDE; STRAIN-DEPENDENT;

ELASTICITY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VOLCANOES;

STRAIN;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; GRANITOID; LITHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 70350705849     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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