Inverted metamorphic sequences in Alpine fault mylonites produced by oblique shear within a plate boundary fault zone, New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1023-1026

  Cooper, Alan F ^a   Norris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CATACLASITE; LATE NEOGENE; MYLONITES; NEW ZEALAND; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PROTOLITHS; VERTICAL SHEAR; WIDE ZONE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY;

MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CATACLASITE; FAULT ZONE; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; MYLONITE; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROTOLITH;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84857483771     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32273.1     Document Type: Article

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