Geometrical similarity in successively developed folds and sheath folds in the basement rocks of the northwestern Indian Shield

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Srivastava, Deepak C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

deformed lineations; ductile shear zones; interference pattern; mylonite; sheath folds

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HINGES; SHEARING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMED LINEATIONS; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MYLONITES; SHEATH FOLD;

SHEARING MACHINES;

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; FOLD; GNEISS; LINEATION; MIGMATITE; MYLONITE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE;

INDIAN SHIELD;

EID: 84872633576     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000610     Document Type: Article

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