Volume loss, fluid flow, and coaxial versus noncoaxial deformation in retrograde, amphibolite facies shear zones, northern Malawi, east-central Africa

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-142

  Ring, Uwe ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; MICA; QUARTZ; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VORTICITY;

KINEMATIC VORTICITY; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; TECTONIC TRANSPORT;

SHEAR FLOW;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE;

MALAWI;

EID: 84879886195     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0123:VLFFAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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