Quartz c-axis texture mapping of mylonitic metapelite with rod structures (Calabria, southern Italy): Clues for hidden shear flow direction

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-182

  Fazio, Eugenio ^a   Punturo, Rosalda ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Grain boundary mapping; L S mylonite; Quartz CPO; Rods

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LINEATION; METAPELITE; MICROSCOPY; MYLONITE; OUTCROP; QUARTZ; SHEAR FLOW; TECTONIC SETTING; TEXTURE;

ASPROMONTE MASSIF; CALABRIA; ITALY; REGGIO DI CALABRIA;

EID: 77954850691     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0006-z     Document Type: Article

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