Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6445162 Journal of Structural Geology 2010 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
In fault zones, where cataclasite is well developed and shearing is unequivocal, the fine-grained quartz matrix representing up to 50% of the fault rock volume has characteristics similar to those in the tabular bands. We interpret these volumes to be in many cases a result of cement precipitation rather than as a product of comminution. If correct, then the brittle deformation of well cemented, quartz-rich rocks deformed at low temperatures involves much more dilation and cementation than previously recognized.
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