Origin and behavior of clay minerals in the Bogd fault gouge, Mongolia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-90

  Buatier, M D ^a   Chauvet, A ^b   Kanitpanyacharoen, W ^c   Wenk, H R ^c   Ritz, J F ^b   Jolivet, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Gouge; Seismic fault; SEM; TEM; Texture

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTING; DEFORMED SAMPLES; DEHYDRATION PROCESS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; GOUGE; HIGH ENERGY SYNCHROTRON; ILLITE-SMECTITE; MIXED LAYER; MONGOLIA; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PROTOLITHS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SEISMIC FAULTS; SLIP WEAKENING; SMECTITES; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; XRD;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; FELDSPAR; KAOLINITE; MICA; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

CLAY MINERAL; DEFORMATION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTMORILLONITE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMECTITE; TEXTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84857639641     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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