Microstructural, compositional and petrophysical properties of mylonitic granodiorites from an extensional shear zone (Rhodope Core complex, Greece)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1051-1071

  Punturo, Rosalda ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Fazio, Eugenio ^a   Fiannacca, Patrizia ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^b   Mengel, Kurt ^c   Ortolano, Gaetano ^a   Pezzino, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

mylonitic granitoid; petrofabric; seismic anisotropy; southern Rhodope Massif

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHLORITE MINERALS; MICA; PETROPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MYLONITIC GRANITOID; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; PETROFABRICS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RHODOPE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SHEAR FLOW;

DIKE; FOLIATION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; HOST ROCK; LITHOTYPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; P-WAVE; PLUTON; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR ZONE;

GREECE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84914149867     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681300109X     Document Type: Article

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