Multistage shearing of the Deblois granite in the Kellyland fault zone, eastern Maine

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 331, Issue , 1999, Pages 41-57

  Ludman, Allan ^a,b   Gibbons, Susan ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; QUARTZ; SHEARING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CATACLASTIC FLOW; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; HIGH-STRAIN ZONES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEMS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRATIFIED ROCKS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CATACLASITE; FAULT ZONE; GLACIAL EROSION; GRANITE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOZOIC; PHYLLOSILICATE; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL TEXTURE; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870947366     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2331-0.41     Document Type: Article

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