On the nucleation of non-andersonian faults along phyllosilicate-rich mylonite belts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-199

  Bistacchi, Andrea ^a   Massironi, Matteo ^b   Menegon, Luca ^b,c   Bolognesi, Francesca ^a   Donghi, Valeriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLIATION; MYLONITE; NUCLEATION; PHYLLOSILICATE;

ALPS; BOLZANO; BRENNER; ITALY; SIMPLON FAULT ZONE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 84873043125     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.13     Document Type: Article

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