Microstructure and petrology of a Calabrian garnet-bearing pseudotachylyte - A link to lower-crustal seismicity

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Altenberger, U ^a   Prosser, G ^b   Ruggiero, M ^b   Gunter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CALABRIAN; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GARNET; GRAIN SIZE; LOWER CRUST; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLOGY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 84055200291     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP359.9     Document Type: Article

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