Low-temperature deformation of limestone, Isola Palmaria, northern Apennine, Italy - The role of primary textures, precursory veins and intracrystalline deformation in localization

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-270

  Molli, Giancarlo ^a   White, Joseph Clancy ^b   Kennedy, Lori ^c   Taini, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apennine orogen; Calcite; Localization; Low temperature deformation; Rheology; TEM

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; APENNINE OROGEN; CALCITE VEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION GLIDE; DISTRIBUTED STRAIN; FLUID FLUXES; GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; LOCALIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE DEFORMATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL TRANSPORT; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MYLONITES; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; TEM;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ELASTICITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIMESTONE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); RHEOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMATION;

CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ITALY; LA SPEZIA [LIGURIA]; LIGURIA; PALMARIA ISLAND;

PALMARIA;

EID: 79951676583     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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