Structural analysis, clay mineralogy and K-Ar dating of fault gouges from Centovalli Line (Central Alps) for reconstruction of their recent activity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-93

  Surace, Ivan R ^a,c   Clauer, Norbert ^b   Thélin, Philippe ^a   Pfeifer, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c BSFH 2 ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centovalli Line; Central Alps; Gouge faults; Illite crystallinity; K Ar dating; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CENTOVALLI LINE; CENTRAL ALPS; GOUGE FAULTS; ILLITE CRYSTALLINITY; K-AR DATING;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SERPENTINE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; ILLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T CONDITIONS; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SMECTITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 80052741112     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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