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Tourmaline breccias

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Tourmaline in faults and as kinematic indicators

last update: 04/17/06

Byrnes, S. (1989) A reconnaissance study of brittle deformation along the frontal faults of the Black Mountains, Death Valley, California. MS Thesis, University of New Orleans, 81 p.

Chauris, L. (1985) Mylonites; traps for deuteric tourmalinization; the example of the Saint Renan; Armorican Massif, France. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie 2, Mecanique, Physique, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de al Terre, 301, 599-607.

DeVore, G. W. (1966) Elastic strain energy and mineral recrystallization: a commentary on rock deformation. University of Wyoming Contributions to Geology, 5, 19-42.

Kohn, Celia, and Depaor, Declan G. (1987) Deformation of tourmaline crystals in the Setter's Formation surrounding the Baltimore gneiss domes, central Maryland. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 19. (7). p.731

Kramer, H. and Allen, R. D. (1954) Analyses and indices of refraction of tourmaline from Fault Gouge near Barstow, San Bernardino County, California. American Mineralogist, 39, 1020-1023.

Toshiaki Masuda, Nozomi Kimura, Yuko Hara (2003) Progress in microboudin method for palaeo-stress analysis of metamorphic tectonites: application of mathematically refined expression. Tectonophysics, 364, 1-8.

Melka, R., Schulman, K., Schumannova, B., Hrouda, F. and Lobkowicz, M. (1992) The evolution of perpendicular linear fabrics in synkinematically emplaced tourmaline granite (central Moravia-Bohemian Massif). Journal of Structural Geology, 14, 605-620.

Mons, W. and Paulitsch, P. (1972) Preferred orientation of tourmaline prism in rocks. Geological Survey of India Records. 99, 121-126.

Passerini, P. and Marcucci, M. (1992) Mesoscopic faults in the granite of Isola del Giglio (Tuscan Archipelago). Tectonophysics, 206, 265-283.

Rochette, P., Scaillet, B., Guillot, S., Lefort, P. and Pecher, A. (1994) Magnetic properties of the high Himalayan Leukogranites - Structural implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 126, 217-234.

Simpson, C. (1986) Determination of movement sense in mylonites. Journal of Geological Education, 34, 246-261.

Soto, Juan lgnacio (1991) Strain analysis method using the maximum frequency of unimodal deformed orientation distributions; applications to gneissic rocks. Journal of Structural Geology. 13. (3). p.329-335.

Thakur, V. C. (1972) Computation of the values of the finite strains in the Molare Region, Ticino, Switzerland, using stretched tourmaline crystals. Geological Magazine, 109, 445-449.

Tommasi, A., Vauchez, A., Fernandes, L. A. D. and Porcher, C. C. (1994) Magma-assisted strain localization in an orogen-parallel transcurrent shear zone of southern Brazil. Tectonics. 13, 421-437.

Wright, J. H. (1984) The significance of tourmaline breccias at Mt. Bischoff, Tasmania. Geoscience in the development of natural resources. Abstracts Geological Society of Australia. 12. p.568-569.

Darrell Henry is the Campanile Charities Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University whose research specialty is metamorphic petrology. Further details of his professional background are included in an accompanying vita or faculty profile.

To contact Darrell Henry call (225)-578-2693, fax (225)-578-2302 or e-mail dhenry@geol.lsu.edu . Address: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

This page was last updated on 04/17/06.

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