Amphibolite-facies pseudotachylytes in Premosello metagabbro and felsic mylonites (Ivrea Zone, Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 580, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-57

  Pittarello, Lidia ^a   Pennacchioni, Giorgio ^a,b   Di Toro, Giulio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crust rheology; Localization of deformation; Pseudotachylyte; Ultramylonite

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BRITTLE CRUST; DUCTILE FLOW; EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MYLONITES; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SEISMIC SLIPS; ULTRAMYLONITE;

GEOPHYSICS; PHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CATACLASITE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GRANULITE FACIES; HETEROGENEITY; METAGABBRO; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROGRAPHY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; UPPER CRUST;

ITALY; IVREA-VERBANO ZONE;

EID: 84872276767     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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