Synkinematic magmatism, heterogeneous deformation, and progressive strain localization in a strike-slip shear zone: The case of the right-lateral Karakorum fault

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Boutonnet, Emmanuelle ^a   Leloup, P H ^a   Arnaud, N ^b   Paquette, J L ^c   Davis, W J ^d   Hattori, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FAULT RATES; FAULT ZONE; GRANITOIDS; HETEROGENEOUS DEFORMATION; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; MAGMATISMS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MIOCENE; NEW AGE; PROGRESSIVE STRAIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOLITHS; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATES; STRIKE-SLIP SHEAR ZONES; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84864712403     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003049     Document Type: Article

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