A granulite-facies normal shear zone exposed in the Arunta inlier of central Australia: Implications for deep-crustal deformation during oblique divergence

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 456, Issue , 2009, Pages 267-286

  Waters Tormey, Cheryl ^a   Goodwin, Laurel B ^b   Tikoff, Basil ^b   Staffier, Kathy ^b   Kelso, Paul ^c  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SHEAR SENSE INDICATORS;

FAULTING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FOLIATION; GEOMETRY; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINEATION; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE;

ARUNTA BLOCK; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT HAY; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 74949116302     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2456(10)     Document Type: Article

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