FIAs (foliation intersection/inflection axes) preserved in porphyroblasts, the DNA of deformation: A solution to the puzzle of deformation and metamorphism in the Colorado, Rocky Mountains, USA

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 971-984

  Ahmad, Shah Afroz ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformational partitioning; Foliation intersection inflection axes; Porphyroblast

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551488910     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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