A seismogenic zone in the deep crust indicated by pseudotachylytes and ultramylonites in granulite-facies rocks of Calabria (Southern Italy)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 975-994

  Altenberger, U ^a   Prosser, G ^b   Grande, A ^c   Gunter C ^a   Langone, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Lower crust; Palaeo seismicity; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CLINOPYROXENE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GARNET; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIGMATITE; MYLONITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLAGIOCLASE; PROTOLITH; SILLIMANITE; STRAIN RATE;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 84884412893     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-013-0904-3     Document Type: Article

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