Fabric development in a weathering profile at a basement-cover interface, the sub-Cambrian peneplain, Israel: Implications for decollement tectonics

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 819-832

  Angerer, T ^a   Greiling, R O ^a   Avigad, D ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Basement cover interface; Decollement; Palaeoweathering; Roded granite

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; BASEMENT-COVER INTERFACE; DECOLLEMENT; PALAEOWEATHERING; RODED GRANITE;

BUILDINGS; COMPACTION; GRANITE; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MICA; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

BASEMENT ROCK; CAMBRIAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECOLLEMENT; GRANITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PENEPLAIN; SAPROLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79955039569     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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