'Diffuse faulting' in the Machu Picchu granitoid pluton, Eastern Cordillera, Peru

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1395-1408

  Mazzoli, Stefano ^a   Vitale, Stefano ^a   Delmonaco, Giuseppe ^b   Guerriero, Vincenzo ^a   Margottini, Claudio ^b   Spizzichino, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Distributed deformation; Fracture analysis; Strain localization; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANDES; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; STRAIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

STRAIN;

BATHOLITH; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GRANITOID; JOINT; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ANDES; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; CUZCO [PERU]; MACHU PICCHU; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350728672     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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