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Mylonitic Texture

Mylonitic Texture is a type of ductile deformation texture in metamorphic rocks characterized by intense grain-size reduction and preferred mineral orientation resulting from dynamic recrystallization during high-strain shearing in shear zones.

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264

Orthogneiss, mylonite and non coaxial deformation of granites: the example of the South Armorican Shear Zone

D. Berthé, Pierre Choukroune, Pierre Jégouzo · Journal of Structural Geology · 1979 · 1.2K citations

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On mylonites in ductile shear zones

S. H. White, S.E. Burrows, Jordi Carreras et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 1980 · 710 citations

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Frictional‐viscous flow of phyllosilicate‐bearing fault rock: Microphysical model and implications for crustal strength profiles

B. Bos, Christopher J. Spiers · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2002 · 304 citations · Full text

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The importance of serpentinite mylonites for subduction and exhumation of oceanic crust

Jörg Hermann, Othmar Müntener, Marco Scambelluri · Tectonophysics · 2000 · 234 citations · Full text

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The influence of grain boundary fluids on the microstructure of quartz-feldspar mylonites

Neil S. Mancktelow, Giorgio Pennacchioni · Journal of Structural Geology · 2003 · 227 citations

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Authors

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  1. MH
    Marco Herwegh

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    8 publications · 504 citations

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  2. GP
    Giorgio Pennacchioni

    University of Padua, Italy

    7 publications · 523 citations

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  3. HW
    Hans‐Rudolf Wenk

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 169 citations

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  4. MR
    Mark R. Handy

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    6 publications · 311 citations

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  5. SH
    S. H. White

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

257

  1. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    827 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    281 citations

  6. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    612 citations

  7. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    736 citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    887 citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    72 publications · 5.5K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    40 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Geological Society London Special Publications

    11 publications · 371 citations

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  4. Geology

    7 publications · 481 citations

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  5. Journal of Metamorphic Geology

    8 publications · 456 citations

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