The Sierra Ballena Shear Zone in the southernmost Dom Feliciano Belt (Uruguay): Evolution, kinematics, and deformation conditions

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1227-1246

  Oyhantçabal, Pedro ^a   Siegesmund, Siegfried ^b   Wemmer, Klaus ^b   Layer, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brasiliano; Dom Feliciano Belt; Kinematic analysis; Pan African; Shear zone; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FELDSPAR; FOLIATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KINEMATICS; MIGMATIZATION; MYLONITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

URUGUAY;

EID: 77955771977     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0453-1     Document Type: Article

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