Potential of pressure solution for strain localization in the Baccu Locci Shear Zone (Sardinia, Italy)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-204

  Casini, Leonardo ^a   Funedda, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Mylonite; Numerical modeling; Paleopiezometry; Rheology; Variscan

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUARTZ; RHEOLOGY; STABILIZATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMPOSITE DEFORMATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; MYLONITES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PALEOPIEZOMETRY; PRESSURE-SOLUTION CREEP; VARISCAN;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION; GREENSCHIST; HANGING WALL; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOSTRESS; PROTOLITH; QUARTZ; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84902584579     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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