Mineral fish: Their morphological classification, usefulness as shear sense indicators and genesis

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1303-1314

  Mukherjee, Soumyajit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Ductile shearing; Genesis; Karakoram; Mica Fish; Mineral fish; Morphology; Shear sense indicators

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILITY; MICA; PETROGENESIS; SHEAR;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 79961231104     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0535-0     Document Type: Article

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