Anatomy of an extensional shear zone in the mantle, Lanzo massif, Italy

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kaczmarek, Mary Alix ^a,b   Tommasi, Andréa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dislocation creep; extension; grain boundary sliding; lithospheric thinning; melt; ultramylonite bands

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOUNDARY SLIDING; DISLOCATION CREEP; EXTENSION; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MELT; ULTRAMYLONITE BANDS;

CREEP;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLIATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; SHEAR ZONE; THINNING;

ITALY;

EID: 84860390542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003627     Document Type: Article

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