First reported occurrence of deformation bands in a platform limestone, the Jurassic Calcare Massiccio Fm., northern Apennines, Italy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 628, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-104

  Antonellini, Marco ^a   Petracchini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Billi, Andrea ^b   Scrocca, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breccia; Limestones; Micromechanics; Permeability; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROMECHANICS; POROSITY; SHEAR BANDS; ROCKS;

BRECCIA; CALCARE MASSICCIO; DEFORMATION BAND; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; NORTHERN APENNINES; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PRESSURE SOLUTION; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

DEFORMATION;

ANTICLINE; BRECCIA; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MICROMECHANICS; OROGENY; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR BAND; STRAIN RATE; CARBONATE; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; POROSITY; THRUST;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84910154296     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.034     Document Type: Article

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