Fabric development in cm-scale shear zones in ultramafic rocks, Red Hills, New Zealand

Tectonophysics

Volumn 489, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 55-75

  Webber, Caroline ^a   Newman, Julie ^b   Holyoke, Caleb W ^b   Little, Timothy ^c   Tikoff, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lattice preferred orientation; New Zealand; Olivine; Overprinting; Shear zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAIN SIZE; CROSS-CUTTING; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCKS; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; NEW ZEALAND; RED HILLS; REFERENCE FRAME; SHEAR ZONE; SIMPLE SHEAR; SLIP SYSTEM; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; ULTRAMAFIC MASSIFS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; UPPER MANTLE;

DEFORMATION; FABRICS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

ROCKS;

DUNITE; HOST ROCK; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; OVERPRINTING; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PYROXENITE; SHEAR ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UPPER MANTLE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77953723497     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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