Mica-controlled anisotropy within mid-to-upper crustal mylonites: An EBSD study of mica fabrics in the Alpine fault zone, New Zealand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-47

  Dempsey, Edward D ^a   Prior, Dave J ^a   Mariani, Elisabetta ^a   Toy, Virginia G ^b   Tatham, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MICA; MUSCOVITE; MYLONITE; P-WAVE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER CRUST;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84055200281     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP360.3     Document Type: Article

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