Mica, deformation fabrics and the seismic properties of the continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Lloyd, Geoffrey E ^a   Butler, Robert W H ^b   Casey, Martin ^a   Mainprice, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

continental tectonics; CPO; EBSD; mica; S C fabrics; seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; CPO; EBSD; S-C FABRICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FABRICS; KINEMATICS; MICA; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TECTONICS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; FOLIATION; MICA; MODELING; OUTCROP; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 70350763727     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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