Initiation and development of the Twelve Mile Bay shear zone: The low viscosity sole of a granulite nappe

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-191

  Marsh, J H ^a,d   Gerbi, C C ^a   Culshaw, N G ^b   Potter, J ^c   Longstaffe, F J ^c   Johnson, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulite; Hydration; Pegmatite; Shear zone; Weakening

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ANHYDROUS MINERALS; CREEP STRENGTHS; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DRY ROCKS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; GENETIC LINK; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDRATION REACTION; HYDROUS FLUIDS; LOW VISCOSITY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OROGENIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; PEGMATITE; PEGMATITE DYKES; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SHEAR ZONE; SHEARING PROCESS; WEAKENING;

HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

GRANITE;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; FLUID INCLUSION; FRACTURE INITIATION; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDRATION; METASOMATISM; PEGMATITE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79551498135     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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