Quartz deformation mechanisms in shear zones inferred by quantitative microstructural investigation: The case study of Kavala (Rhodope Massif, north-eastern Greece)

Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 21, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 146-147

  Punturo, Rosalda ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Fazio, Eugenio ^a   Fiannacca, Patrizia ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^b   Mengel, Kurt ^c   Ortolano, Gaetano ^a   Pezzino, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granodiorite; Progressive deformation; Quartz grain size; Seismic properties; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872333973     PISSN: 20358008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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