Late magmatic healed fractures in granitoids and their influence on subsequent solid-state deformation

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-96

  Mancktelow, Neil S ^a   Pennacchioni, Giorgio ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granitoid deformation; Late magmatic fracturing; Numerical modelling; Shear zone nucleation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; MAGMA CRYSTALLIZATION; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; SHEAR ZONE; SOLID STATE DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL BOUNDARY; VARIABLE ORIENTATION; VISCOUS DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; MICA; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUARTZ; SHEAR FLOW;

FRACTURE;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BIOTITE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; NUCLEATION; OROGENY; PLUTON; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 84887574718     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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