Fault-related rocks: Deciphering the structural-metamorphic evolution of an accretionary wedge in a collisional belt, NE Sicily

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 940-956

  Cirrincione, R ^a   Fazio, E ^a   Ortolano, G ^a   Pezzino, A ^a   Punturo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

accretionary wedge; cataclasite; geothermometry; mylonite; Peloritani Mountains; pseudotachylyte; quartz c axis; shear zone; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAPELITE; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINA [SICILY]; PELORITANI MOUNTAINS; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84862084342     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2011.623022     Document Type: Article

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