Shear zone folds: Records of flow perturbation or structural inheritance?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 224, Issue , 2004, Pages 177-199

  Alsop, G I ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; FOLD; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 79960737123     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.224.01.12     Document Type: Article

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