Kinematic vorticity analysis and evolving strength of mylonitic shear zones: New data and numerical results

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1075-1078

  Johnson, Scott E ^a   Lenferink, Hendrik J ^a   Marsh, Jeffrey H ^a   Price, Nancy A ^a   Koons, Peter O ^a   West Jr , David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY SENSITIVE; KINEMATIC VORTICITY; MATRIX; MATRIX INTERFACES; MYLONITIC SHEAR ZONE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PURE SHEAR; SHAPE FACTOR; SHEAR ZONE; SIMPLE SHEAR; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; SURROUNDING MATRIX; WEAK INTERFACE;

KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICA; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VORTICITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; VORTICITY;

EID: 72149122639     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30227A.1     Document Type: Article

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