Using along-strike variation in strain and kinematics to define the movement direction of curved transpressional shear zones: An example from northwestern Superior Province, Manitoba

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 767-770

  Lin, Shoufa ^a   Jiang, Dazhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Movement direction; Shear zone; Strain geometry; Superior Province; Transpression

Indexed keywords

SHEAR ZONES;

STRAIN; STRETCHING;

GEOLOGY;

KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

CANADA;

EID: 84879884990     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0767:UASVIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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